Ingmar Bergman Quotes

“One has to manage alone as best one can. (Karin Bergman)”

“One will probably have to manage alone as best one can. (Karin Bergman)”

“I watched as Humphrey Bogart’s character used beans as a metaphor for the relative unimportance in the wider world of his relationship with Ingrid Bergman’s character, and chose logic and decency ahead of his selfish emotional desires. The quandary and resulting decision made for an engrossing film. But this was not what people cried about. They were in love and could not be together. I repeated this statement to myself, trying to force an emotional reaction. I couldn’t. I didn’t care. I had enough problems of my own.”

“The anger and the creativity are so closely intertwined with me, and there's plenty of anger left.”

“I remember one day sitting at the pool and suddenly the tears were streaming down my cheeks. Why was I so unhappy? I had success. I had security. But it wasn't enough. I was exploding inside.”

“What has been adjudicated and established in the wake of Vietnam and the Civil Rights movement is the ability of the press to basically write or broadcast almost anything about the government. There's very few restrictions in that way.”

“I hate to travel. I don't go anywhere.”

“I have grown up alone. I've taken care of myself. I worked, earned money and was independent at 18.”

“Writing is boring, very boring, and it takes so much patience.”

“I'm very, very lazy. I love to sit in a chair and look out the window and do nothing.”