I didn't choose literature. Literature chose me. There was no decision on my side.

In film, you can't go into analytical explorations because the audience will reject that.

I only understand realism.

I've always wondered why there isn't a great French novel about the German occupation. The nouveau roman authors weren't interested in telling that sort of thing.

The essayist has to follow a certain intellectual pattern. The novelist has the advantage of using fantasy, of being subjective.

If the novelist shares his or her problems with the characters, he or she is able to study his personal unconscious.

I write novels because there is something I don't understand in reality.