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.

I am only interested in bad taste if I can enjoy a gruesome tango or watch a movie that makes me cry.

I've never seen a worse situation than that of young writers in the United States. The publishing business in North America is so commercialized.

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

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

If it's great stuff, the people who consume it are nourished. It's a positive force.

I write for somebody who has my own limitations. My reader has a certain difficulty with concentrating, which in my case comes from being a film viewer.