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

The translator's task is to create, in his or her own language, the same tensions appearing in the original. That's hard!

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

My only fantasy about writing was that in my old days, after directing many masterpieces, I would write my memoirs.

I would very much like to become a best-selling author.

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.

I'm not a best-seller, but through translations, I've accumulated some money.