Luis Bunuel Quotations

Thank God I'm an atheist.

Frankly, despite my horror of the press, I'd love to rise from the grave every ten years or so and go buy a few newspapers.

A paranoiac, like a poet, is born, not made.

If the devil were to offer me a resurgence of what is commonly called virility, I'd decline. ''Just keep my liver and lungs in good working order,'' I'd reply, ''so I can go on drinking and smoking!''

I can only wait for the final amnesia, the one that can erase an entire life.

Like the majority of deaf people, I don't like blind people much.

Luis Bunuel's two semishort surrealist hand grenades (cowritten in varying degrees with Salvador Dali) make a double bill that can restore your faith in the subversions of youth. Pure Spanish-Parisian piss and vinegar.

Age is something that doesn't matter unless you're a cheese

If alcohol is queen, then tobacco is her consort. It's a fond companion for all occasions, a loyal friend through fair weather and foul.

A writer or painter cannot change the world. But they can keep an essential margin of nonconformity alive.