I don't want to name names, but the least I can say about rock and roll is that I'm suspicious.

One performs a very different act when reading a movie and when reading a novel. Your attention behaves differently.

Teaching is a good distraction, and I am in contact with young people, which is very gratifying.

I began teaching in New York because I needed to stay in the United States and didn't have my immigration papers in order, so working for a university was a way of resolving the issue.

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

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.

Whenever I write, I'm always thinking of the reader.