Quotes and anectdotes from the wise to the foolish, and the courageous to the drunk

Francois Truffaut Film director

  • Gender: Male
  • Citizenship: France
  • Born: Feb 6, 1932
  • Died: Oct 21, 1984

François Roland Truffaut was a French film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, and film critic, as well as one of the founders of the French New Wave. In a film career lasting over a quarter of a century, he remains an icon of the French film industry, having worked on over 25 films. Truffaut's film The 400 Blows came to be a defining film of the French New Wave movement.

In love, women are professionals, men are amateurs. women

I've always had the impression that real militants are like cleaning women, doing a thankless, daily but necessary job. women

I'd skip school regularly to see movies - even in the morning, in the small Parisian theaters that opened early. morning

Film lovers are sick people. movies