Most of all people respond to a film tackling grave subjects that question and go against the prevailing mood.

I'm not imprisoned in any one medium. In films I use techniques that are not necessarily what other directors attempt. When I write novels I also use techniques which can run counter to those that a novelist would use.

I like speed in thrillers. It's a rhythm adapted to the subject.

An artist is someone who feels the vibrations of the world and tries to transcribe them through his medium.

My work is very controlled. I leave nothing to chance. Chance comes afterward... Making a film is like cooking a pot au feu. You choose the best carrots, the best potatoes the best meat, etc., and you throw all that together - but if there's no soul, so to speak, it won't yield much.

Most of all people respond to a film tackling grave subjects that question and go against the prevailing mood.

In a novel, language is your principal tool, you try to build pictures in the mind of the reader. When you write a screenplay, the language is just a transition, the final goal is a picture on the screen, it's the only thing the audience sees.