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.

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?

What better model of a synthesis than a nocturnal dream? Dreams simplify, don't they?

Teaching is a good distraction, and I am in contact with young people, which is very gratifying.

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

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

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