Quotes by : Michael Haneke

My father and I had a good relationship, it was very relaxed. He had a lot of humour. He looked a little....

Drama lives on conflict. If you're trying to deal with social issues seriously, there's no way of avoiding....

[on his satisfaction as an artist] In terms of cinema and filmmaking, there are certainly the unexpected....

Because I'm the author of my screenplays I know what I'm looking for. It's true that I can be stubborn....

People expect me to be dark and gloomy, then write that I'm a jolly chap, and after all, that is what....

Of course, we avoid death. To know something is inevitable is one thing. To accept, to truly feel it.......

And I don't believe that children are innocent. In fact, no one seriously believes that. Just go to a....

I like the multiplicity of books, because each book is different in the mind of each reader. It's the....

I'm lucky enough to be able to make films and so I don't need a psychiatrist. I can sort out my fears....

There are those who see film and take it seriously as an artistic medium, and others who go to have a....