The nicest thing about feeling happy is that you think you'll never be unhappy again.

I allow my intuition to lead my path.

My only fantasy about writing was that in my old days, after directing many masterpieces, I would write my memoirs.

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

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.

Whenever I write, I'm always thinking of the reader.

I believe in characters as vehicles of exposition. Their voices are full of hidden clues, and I like to listen to them.