Actually, screenplays were much more detailed than what I did in the book In the book I had to invent a style for communicating what the sensation of looking at a film would be, whereas the screenplays I wrote in Paris were actual blueprints for how to do the film, with every gesture, every little movement noted in exhaustive detail.

I believe that the whole idea of the consumer society is tottering. We've kept ourselves going by producing more and more goods, most of which people don't need. I'm anti-consumerism; I own four pairs of black Levis and that's it.

We're outsiders, and so when we walk through the city, we're there and not there at the same time, participating and observing simultaneously.

I think the act of talking about something - with a friend, or someone in your family, or someone you care about, and you're discussing something that you both admire - can often sharpen your thoughts about what you've read or seen and help you think more clearly about it.

We are continually shaped by the forces of coincidence.

You have to really have a taste for being alone to be a writer.

I don't like that word [memoir]. Whenever my publishers have wanted to use it, I've told them to take it away.