Sometimes journalists ask me, "What's the message?" There is no message. I think that fiction should not be trying to give messages. Just tell a story.

Remember that all the others are more afraid than you

Everyone is born with some special talent.

Silence before being born, silence after death: life is nothing but noise between two unfathomable silences.

Humanity has this need to hear stories because they connect us with other people, they teach us about our own feelings. We feel less lonely when we see other people going through the same things, even if they're fictional characters.

The pain of losing my child was a cleansing experience. I had to throw overboard all excess baggage and keep only what is essential.

I seek truth and beauty in the transparency of an autumn leaf, in the perfect form of a seashell on the beach, in the curve of a woman's back, in the texture of an ancient tree trunk, but also in the elusive forms of reality.