Author: Francois Truffaut

Quotes

During the war, I saw many films that made me fall in love with the cinema.

During the war, I saw many films that made me fall in love with the cinema.

- Francois Truffaut

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.

- Francois Truffaut

I prefer to be busy all day long, and when you work for someone else, you're not busy enough.

I prefer to be busy all day long, and when you work for someone else, you're not busy enough.

- Francois Truffaut

Film lovers are sick people.

Film lovers are sick people.

- Francois Truffaut

If I have some free time, I leave Paris with some books about the cinema. If I'm not filming, I'm watching films.

If I have some free time, I leave Paris with some books about the cinema. If I'm not filming, I'm watching films.

- Francois Truffaut

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.

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.

- Francois Truffaut

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

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

- Francois Truffaut

Some day I'll make a film that critics will like. When I have money to waste.

Some day I'll make a film that critics will like. When I have money to waste.

- Francois Truffaut

I'd skip school regularly to see movies - even in the morning, in the small Parisian theaters that opened early.

I'd skip school regularly to see movies - even in the morning, in the small Parisian theaters that opened early.

- Francois Truffaut

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