“I am not the kind of director who sits in a chair smoking a cigar talking with a…” — Federico Fellini

Nietzsche claimed that his genius was in his nostrils and I think that is a very excellent place for it to be.

My work has always been the thing that justifies my life.

I do not need a producer. I need only a good production manager. I need only a man who will give me money.

I always direct the same film. I cannot distinguish one from the other.