The bastard form of mass culture is humiliated repetition... always new books, new programs, new films, news items, but always the same meaning.
“I like the challenge of trying different things and wondering whether it's going to work or whether I'm going to fall flat on my face.”
“I think it's a change that I did not intend at the time but it is clear that, from The Flower of My Secret on, there is a change in my films. A lot of the journalists have very generously attributed this to my growing maturity.”