- [on his collaboration with Jirí Trnka]: "I was proud that he accepted a lot of my ideas, but I don't overestimate my contribution. There was only one way to become a really valid collaborator with Trnka: to melt into him like a sugar cube, but keep a cool distance."
- [on collaboration with Jan Werich on The Emperor and the Golem (1952)]: "Werich didn't turn me away from the collaboration just because he liked our chatting. I was just the sorcerer's apprentice. Nothing changed in the plot structure, but the difference between my draft and Werich's treatment was like between a wooden mannequin and a living person."
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