"Injustice, poverty, slavery, ignorance - these may be cured by reform or revolution. But men do not live only by fighting evils. They live by positive goals, individual and collective, a vast variety of them, seldom predictable, at times incompatible."

"A person is a fool to become a writer. His only compensation is absolute freedom."

"For us democracy is a question of human dignity. And human dignity is political freedom."

"I like the religion that teaches liberty, equality and fraternity."

"People ask 'How does doing a film compare to doing an ad?' Well, when you're doing a commercial you don't have to sell tickets. You have a captured audience. Which is actually completely rare and great it gives you a lot of freedom. When you make a film, you have to do advertisements for the film."