Whatever you think of de Sade, he was a complex figure and we should not look for easy answers with him. He was, strangely perhaps, against the death penalty, and he was never put in prison for murders or anything like that.
“You have to draw on your unconscious when you make a film - you can't worry about whether it's costing a lot of money.”
“Him, who incessantly laughs in the street, you may commonly hear grumbling in his closet.”