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

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?

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

All of my problems are rather complicated - I need an entire novel to deal with them, not a short story or a movie. It's like a personal therapy.

As a rule, one should never place form over content.

I've never seen a worse situation than that of young writers in the United States. The publishing business in North America is so commercialized.

I believe realism is nothing but an analysis of reality. Film scripts have a synthetical constitution.