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> [“For one never makes a film out of nothing. To shoot a film is always to shoot something, be it fiction or reality, and the more shaky the reality, the more solid the fiction must be.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-rohmer/for-one-never-makes-a-film-out-of-nothing-to-shoot-a-film-is-always/)

[Eric Rohmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-rohmer/)

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## More by Eric Rohmer

> [I do not say with words. I do not say it with images either.… I do not say, I show. I show people who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-rohmer/i-do-not-say-with-words-i-do-not-say-it-with-images-either-i-do-not/)

[Eric Rohmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-rohmer/)

> [“I never said it was her and I thought I'd seen that look before. But every time a woman looks at me it feels…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-rohmer/i-never-said-it-was-her-and-i-thought-i-d-seen-that-look-before-but/)

[Éric Rohmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-rohmer/)

> [A good film is also a documentary](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-rohmer/a-good-film-is-also-a-documentary/)

[Eric Rohmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-rohmer/)

> [“For one never makes a film out of nothing. To shoot a film is always to shoot something, be it fiction or reality, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-rohmer/for-one-never-makes-a-film-out-of-nothing-to-shoot-a-film-is-always/)

[Eric Rohmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-rohmer/)

> [The French don't seek out alliances except when there are difficulties.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-rohmer/the-french-don-t-seek-out-alliances-except-when-there-are-difficulties/)

[Eric Rohmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-rohmer/)

> [“But if I didn't read, I'd think, and thinking, when you come down to it, is the most painful thing of all...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-rohmer/but-if-i-didn-t-read-i-d-think-and-thinking-when-you-come-down-to-it/)

[Éric Rohmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-rohmer/)

> [The French are very individualistic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-rohmer/the-french-are-very-individualistic/)

[Eric Rohmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-rohmer/)

> [I don't owe my success to state subsidies but to a faithful public which has sustained me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-rohmer/i-don-t-owe-my-success-to-state-subsidies-but-to-a-faithful-public/)

[Eric Rohmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-rohmer/)

> [Western civilization shapes the content of my films, provides me with subjects that haven't been used before.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-rohmer/western-civilization-shapes-the-content-of-my-films-provides-me-with/)

[Eric Rohmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-rohmer/)

> [You can't think of nothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-rohmer/you-can-t-think-of-nothing/)

[Eric Rohmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-rohmer/)

> [You have to know how to go against the trend of the times.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-rohmer/you-have-to-know-how-to-go-against-the-trend-of-the-times/)

[Eric Rohmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-rohmer/)

> [But if I didn't read, I'd think, and thinking, when you come down to it, is the most painful thing of all, and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-rohmer/but-if-i-didn-t-read-i-d-think-and-thinking-when-you-come-down-to-it-2/)

[Eric Rohmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-rohmer/)

> [I don't think that my films are 'literary'; they are based on the most ordinary things of life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-rohmer/i-don-t-think-that-my-films-are-literary-they-are-based-on-the-most/)

[Eric Rohmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-rohmer/)

> [I think that high art reposes on popular art, without one there cannot be another.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-rohmer/i-think-that-high-art-reposes-on-popular-art-without-one-there-cannot/)

[Eric Rohmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-rohmer/)

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