Eric Rohmer — French Director born on March 20, 1920, died on January 11, 2010

Maurice Henri Joseph Schérer or Jean Marie Maurice Schérer, known as Éric Rohmer, was a French film director, film critic, journalist, novelist, screenwriter and teacher... (wikipedia)

I think that high art reposes on popular art, without one there cannot be another.
I don't think that my films are 'literary'; they are based on the most ordinary things of life.
You have to know how to go against the trend of the times.
I don't owe my success to state subsidies but to a faithful public which has sustained me.
The French are very individualistic.