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 believe in characters as vehicles of exposition. Their voices are full of hidden clues, and I like to listen to them.

I only understand realism.

For someone who writes fiction, in order to activate the imagination and the unconscious, it's essential to be free.

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

My greatest aspiration was always to live in the tropics.

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