Book reviews have never helped me. Most of them erred in their interpretations and their work has been a waste of time.

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

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

I like the beauty of Faulkner's poetry. But I don't like his themes, not at...

I like the beauty of Faulkner's poetry. But I don't like his themes, not at...

I write novels because there is something I don't understand in reality.

I write novels because there is something I don't understand in reality.

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 had stories that needed more space than the hour and a half or two...

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

I am only interested in bad taste if I can enjoy a gruesome tango or...

I am only interested in bad taste if I can enjoy a gruesome tango or...

I allow my intuition to lead my path.

I allow my intuition to lead my path.

If the novelist shares his or her problems with the characters, he or she is...

If the novelist shares his or her problems with the characters, he or she is...

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...

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

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

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...

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.

Most of the movies I saw growing up were viewed as totally disposable, fine for...

Most of the movies I saw growing up were viewed as totally disposable, fine for...

I am very interested in what has been called bad taste. I believe the fear...

I am very interested in what has been called bad taste. I believe the fear...

What better model of a synthesis than a nocturnal dream? Dreams simplify, don't they?

What better model of a synthesis than a nocturnal dream? Dreams simplify, don't they?

The essayist has to follow a certain intellectual pattern. The novelist has the advantage of...

The essayist has to follow a certain intellectual pattern. The novelist has the advantage of...

I've always wondered why there isn't a great French novel about the German occupation. The...

I've always wondered why there isn't a great French novel about the German occupation. The...

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...

My pleasure was to copy, not to create.

My pleasure was to copy, not to create.

The writer needs to react to his or her own internal universe, to his or...

The writer needs to react to his or her own internal universe, to his or...