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

I don't think humor is forced upon my universe; it's a part of it.

In a country like France, so ancient, their history is full of outstanding people, so they carry a heavy weight on their back. Who could write in French after Proust or Flaubert?

My greatest aspiration was always to live in the tropics.

What better model of a synthesis than a nocturnal dream? Dreams simplify, don't they?

I believe that people who don't achieve anything in life are isolated and resent those that are successful.

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