In a country like France, so ancient, their history is full of outstanding people, so they carry a heavy weight on their back. Who could write in French after Proust or Flaubert?

I believe that people who don't achieve anything in life are isolated and resent those that are successful.

My pleasure was to copy, not to create.

Most of the movies I saw growing up were viewed as totally disposable, fine for quick consumption, but they have survived 50 years and are still growing.

Ironically, Latin American countries, in their instability, give writers and intellectuals the hope that they are needed.

I don't have traceable literary models because I haven't had great literary influences in my life.

For someone who writes fiction, in order to activate the imagination and the unconscious, it's essential to be free.