There is a ton of juicy material about and by Godard. For a good overview of his life and career up until a few years ago, you should check out "Everything is Cinema" by Richard Brody. Along similar lines is "Godard, A Portrait of the Artist at 70" which came out in 2003 by Colin McCabe. A good book with a collection of essays about work spanning Godard's career you should check out "Forever Godard". As for text by him, his excerpt in "Moviemakers' Master Class" by Laurent Tirard is short but should be required reading for any young filmmaker. If you want to get into something real meaty then "Cinema:The Archaeology of Film and the Memory of a Century" by Jean-Luc Godard and Youssef Ishaghpour is amazing. It is a very dense and complicated conversation between Godard and a celebrated cinephile. While this 140 page conversation spans many facets of his career, it really focuses on his collage tome "Histoire(s) du Cinema".
