Pierre Bayle

I am a good Protestant, and in the full sense of the term, for from the bottom of my soul, I protest against everything that is said, and everything that is done.

It is pure illusion to think that an opinion that passes down from century to century, from generation to generation, may not be entirely false.

I know too much to be a sceptic and too little to be a dogmatist.

The judge said I was a menace to society because I had put crime on a scientific basis.

I'm interested in the psychological exploration of human nature, and it just happens to come in the form of film-making.

A myth is a lie that conceals or reveals a truth. But if it reveals even a strand of history or truth, that's what gets my adrenaline going.