Contrary to what Kafka does, I always like to refer all of my fictions to the level of reality, He, on the other hand, leaves them at an imaginary level.

I had stories that needed more space than the hour and a half or two hours a movie gives you.

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

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

What's better, a poetic intuition or an intellectual work? I think they complement each other.

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.

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