I felt the need to tell stories to understand myself.

Contrary to what Kafka does, I always like to refer all of my fictions to the level of reality, He, on the other hand, leaves them at an imaginary level.

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

What's better, a poetic intuition or an intellectual work? I think they complement each other.

Kafka truly illustrates the way the environment oppresses the individual. He shows how the unconscious controls our lives.

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

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.