“To be perfectly honest, I think that as I'm growing older, I'm just gr...” — Michael Haneke Quote

“To be perfectly honest, I think that as I'm growing older, I'm just growing more impatient. I'll be very happy if at some point people say, 'Michael's grown wiser and softer in his old age.' But we'll have to wait and see what my next project is.”

“An artist is someone who should raise questions rather than give answers. I have no message.”

“And I don't believe that children are innocent. In fact, no one seriously believes that. Just go to a playground and watch the kids playing in the sandbox! The romantic notion of the sweet child is simply the parents projecting their own wishes.”

“I really do view it as 'I'm a song farmer.' I just try to take care of what I have, and I take a lot of pride in what we've grown.”

“Coming from Sweden, I've always grown up with images of older women around me.”

“I've grown up with my audience; they're my age or older. Not a lot of kids are coming to see me.”