'What's wrong?' I asked. She said her asthma was playing her up.… She was wheezing quite audibly by now. She picked up my towel and said, 'I'd better… - Roman Polanski

Berlin was great. It’s a new generation. If you continue to hate, you are entering into the same philosophy that began the war. You have to look forward at people and new times.

People like Truffaut, Lelouch and Godard are like little kids playing at being revolutionaries. I've passed through this stage. I lived in a country where these things happened seriously.

My films are the expression of momentary desires. I follow my instincts, but in a disciplined way.