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

I have written every one of my novels to convince somebody of something.

I don't want to name names, but the least I can say about rock and roll is that I'm suspicious.

I am only interested in bad taste if I can enjoy a gruesome tango or watch a movie that makes me cry.

I like the beauty of Faulkner's poetry. But I don't like his themes, not at all.

I do believe that reading can help you understand what you're writing and see what others are doing. But sometimes the desire for more information can act as an inhibitor.

If a spectator with a philosophical mind, somebody accustomed to reading books, gets the same kind of information in a movie, he might not fully understand it.