Eric Rohmer

The French don't seek out alliances except when there are difficulties. ”

I don't owe my success to state subsidies but to a faithful public which has sustained me. ”

I think that high art reposes on popular art, without one there cannot be another. ”

I don't think that my films are 'literary'; they are based on the most ordinary things of life. ”

You have to know how to go against the trend of the times. ”