I felt the need to tell stories to understand myself.

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I would very much like to become a best-selling author.

I would very much like to become a best-selling author.

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

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

I don't want to name names, but the least I can say about rock and...

I don't want to name names, but the least I can say about rock and...

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

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

I have written every one of my novels to convince somebody of something.

I have written every one of my novels to convince somebody of something.

I only understand realism.

I only understand realism.

I can work in films as long as the story doesn't have a realistic nature....

I can work in films as long as the story doesn't have a realistic nature....

My greatest aspiration was always to live in the tropics.

My greatest aspiration was always to live in the tropics.

If a spectator with a philosophical mind, somebody accustomed to reading books, gets the same...

If a spectator with a philosophical mind, somebody accustomed to reading books, gets the same...

I began teaching in New York because I needed to stay in the United States...

I began teaching in New York because I needed to stay in the United States...

Contrary to what Kafka does, I always like to refer all of my fictions to...

Contrary to what Kafka does, I always like to refer all of my fictions to...

All of my problems are rather complicated - I need an entire novel to deal...

All of my problems are rather complicated - I need an entire novel to deal...

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

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

Modern American cinema seems to me superficial. The intention is to understand a certain reality,...

Modern American cinema seems to me superficial. The intention is to understand a certain reality,...

I think cinema is closer to allegories than to reality. It's closer to our dreams.

I think cinema is closer to allegories than to reality. It's closer to our dreams.

Hitchcock makes it very clear to us. There's an objective and a subjective camera, like...

Hitchcock makes it very clear to us. There's an objective and a subjective camera, like...

One performs a very different act when reading a movie and when reading a novel....

One performs a very different act when reading a movie and when reading a novel....

Book reviews have never helped me. Most of them erred in their interpretations and their...

Book reviews have never helped me. Most of them erred in their interpretations and their...

I'm not a best-seller, but through translations, I've accumulated some money.

I'm not a best-seller, but through translations, I've accumulated some money.

Whenever I write, I'm always thinking of the reader.

Whenever I write, I'm always thinking of the reader.