A biography for Francois Truffauthasn’t been written yet.
“To be a film-maker, you are almost forced to be surrounded by contradictions... You must have talents of so many different kinds - talents that are contradictory.”
“What switched me to films was the flood of American pictures into Paris after the Liberation.”
“Taste is a result of a thousand distastes.”
“I have always preferred the reflection of the life to life itself.”
“At first, I wasn't sure whether I'd be a critic or a filmmaker, but I knew it would be something like that.”