Writers are not meant for action.

I started writing movie scripts. They excited me a lot, but I didn't like them when they were finished because they were simple copies of the films I saw in childhood.

I've always wondered why there isn't a great French novel about the German occupation. The nouveau roman authors weren't interested in telling that sort of thing.

The writer needs to react to his or her own internal universe, to his or her own point of view. If he or she doesn't have a personal point of view, it's impossible to be a creator.

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

It doesn't matter that the way of life shown by Hollywood was phony. It helped you hope.

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