Yes, actually ever since I saw his films and tried to write about them, Sirk’s been in everything I’ve done. Not Sirk himself, but what I’ve learned from his work. – Rainer Werner Fassbinder
The Jews have never been ashamed of being Jews, whereas homosexuals have been stupid enough to be ashamed of their homosexuality. – Rainer Werner Fassbinder
And I don’t believe that melodramatic feelings are laughable – they should be taken absolutely seriously. – Rainer Werner Fassbinder
So certainly, if we can tell evil stories to make people sick, we can also tell good myths that make them well. – Rainer Werner Fassbinder
The best thing I can think of would be to create a union between something as beautiful and powerful and wonderful as Hollywood films and a criticism of the status quo. That’s my dream, to make such a German film. – Rainer Werner Fassbinder
I’d like to be for cinema what Shakespeare was for theatre, Marx for politics and Freud for psychology: someone after whom nothing is as it used to be. – Rainer Werner Fassbinder
It isn’t easy to accept that suffering can also be beautiful… it’s difficult. It’s something you can only understand if you dig deeply into yourself. – Rainer Werner Fassbinder
