"I'm an excuse for medical experiments and art theory. You must get me out of here and out of the hospital."

"[T]here are tens of thousands of photographs taken here, all taken very patiently, because decay can be very slow.. T…"

"Counting makes even hideous events bearable as simply more of the same -- the counting of wedding-rings, spectacles, …"

"That sounds like a disadvantage."

"What is your favorite book?"

"Rubbish -- absolute rubbish!"

"My personal obsessions are much more interesting to me than other people's."

"French Cuisine. By Guillaume Rosart. Publisher Henri Simonel. In 1950 it cost me twenty francs -- about 2 pounds -- a…"

"The start of a film is like a gateway, a formal entrance-point. The first three minutes of a film make great demands …"

"Dawns and sunsets. The Magic Hour -- when the sun and the moon can be in the sky at the same time -- a magic and dist…"