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

I locate that special problem in a character and then try to understand it. That's the genesis of all my work.

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

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

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.

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

It's essential not to have an ideology, not to be a member of a political party. While the writer can have certain political views, he has to be careful not to have his hands tied.