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.

In film, you can't go into analytical explorations because the audience will reject that.

I haven't been the kind of writer about whom book-length academic studies have been written.

We should try to understand our innermost needs. We shouldn't use irony to reduce their power.

Kafka truly illustrates the way the environment oppresses the individual. He shows how the unconscious controls our lives.

I didn't choose literature. Literature chose me. There was no decision on my side.

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.