When humor can be made to alternate with melancholy, one has a success, but when the same things are funny and melancholic at the same time, it's just wonderful.

Quote by Francois Truffaut

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I've always had the impression that real militants are like cleaning women, doing a thankless,...

I've always had the impression that real militants are like cleaning women, doing a thankless,...

Is the cinema more important than life?

Is the cinema more important than life?

In love, women are professionals, men are amateurs.

In love, women are professionals, men are amateurs.

Taste is a result of a thousand distastes.

Taste is a result of a thousand distastes.

The film of tomorrow appears to me as even more personal than an individual and...

The film of tomorrow appears to me as even more personal than an individual and...

I have always preferred the reflection of the life to life itself.

I have always preferred the reflection of the life to life itself.

An actor is never so great as when he reminds you of an animal -...

An actor is never so great as when he reminds you of an animal -...

The film of tomorrow will not be directed by civil servants of the camera, but...

The film of tomorrow will not be directed by civil servants of the camera, but...

The film of tomorrow will resemble the person who made it, and the number of...

The film of tomorrow will resemble the person who made it, and the number of...

Film lovers are sick people.

Film lovers are sick people.

Hitchcock loves to be misunderstood, because he has based his whole life around misunderstandings.

Hitchcock loves to be misunderstood, because he has based his whole life around misunderstandings.

The film of tomorrow will be an act of love.

The film of tomorrow will be an act of love.

I don't know how many sacred cows there are today. I think there's a little...

I don't know how many sacred cows there are today. I think there's a little...

An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays...

An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays...

I don't think my sense of humor has changed at all; I was born with...

I don't think my sense of humor has changed at all; I was born with...

When I saw you, I saw love. When I saw you naked, I saw lust....

When I saw you, I saw love. When I saw you naked, I saw lust....

Computers are magnificent tools for the realization of our dreams, but no machine can replace...

Computers are magnificent tools for the realization of our dreams, but no machine can replace...

Humor brings insight and tolerance. Irony brings a deeper and less friendly understanding.

Humor brings insight and tolerance. Irony brings a deeper and less friendly understanding.

A boy is naturally full of humor.

A boy is naturally full of humor.

Ah, yes, divorce ... from the Latin word meaning to rip out a man's genitals...

Ah, yes, divorce ... from the Latin word meaning to rip out a man's genitals...