I am very interested in what has been called bad taste. I believe the fear of displaying a soi-disant bad taste stops us from venturing into special cultural zones.

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

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

Tardiness in literature can make me nervous.

Modern American cinema seems to me superficial. The intention is to understand a certain reality, and the result is nothing but a photographing of that 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?

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