My greatest aspiration was always to live in the tropics.

I haven't been the kind of writer about whom book-length academic studies have been written.

My stories are very somber, so I think I need the comic ingredient. Besides, life has so much humor.

Contrary to what Kafka does, I always like to refer all of my fictions to the level of reality, He, on the other hand, leaves them at an imaginary level.

I'm not terribly happy about rock and roll. Certain rock music is uninspiring, numbing; it makes you feel like an idiot.

We should try to understand our innermost needs. We shouldn't use irony to reduce their power.

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.