To give and receive love, you have to be in touch with pain, you have to be capable of provoking it and feeling it.

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I think more and more people want to live alone. You can be a couple...

I think more and more people want to live alone. You can be a couple...

It's just as idiotic to say there is no life after death as it is...

It's just as idiotic to say there is no life after death as it is...

I need, absolutely, to be alone.

I need, absolutely, to be alone.

All fiction becomes autobiographical when the author has true talent.

All fiction becomes autobiographical when the author has true talent.

I can't belong to groups. I've tried. I behave normally, but people don't look at...

I can't belong to groups. I've tried. I behave normally, but people don't look at...

Sometimes the directors were afraid of what they brought out of me.

Sometimes the directors were afraid of what they brought out of me.

Some children I have met are very beautiful. Some children are imbeciles, vulgar, terrible.

Some children I have met are very beautiful. Some children are imbeciles, vulgar, terrible.

I don't like going where I've already been. Life is a myriad of territories to...

I don't like going where I've already been. Life is a myriad of territories to...

Death is an absolute mystery. We are all vulnerable to it, it's what makes life...

Death is an absolute mystery. We are all vulnerable to it, it's what makes life...

All those vitamins aren't to keep death at bay, they're to keep deterioration at bay.

All those vitamins aren't to keep death at bay, they're to keep deterioration at bay.

I don't like the idea of separating life and work. That notion seems dated and...

I don't like the idea of separating life and work. That notion seems dated and...

You don't have to be a wreck. You don't have to be sick. One's aim...

You don't have to be a wreck. You don't have to be sick. One's aim...

As a matter of principle, I always come to a film like a blank slate,...

As a matter of principle, I always come to a film like a blank slate,...

To give a character life in a short space of time, it helps if you...

To give a character life in a short space of time, it helps if you...

What is amazing for a woman of my age is that I change as the...

What is amazing for a woman of my age is that I change as the...

You should not separate your life from what you do.

You should not separate your life from what you do.

Aging gracefully is supposed to mean trying not to hide time passing and just looking...

Aging gracefully is supposed to mean trying not to hide time passing and just looking...

People's opinions don't interfere with me.

People's opinions don't interfere with me.

My face has changed with the years and has enough history in it to give...

My face has changed with the years and has enough history in it to give...

Characters who are on screen from start to finish are not necessarily the ones who...

Characters who are on screen from start to finish are not necessarily the ones who...