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.

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I started writing movie scripts. They excited me a lot, but I didn't like them...

I started writing movie scripts. They excited me a lot, but I didn't like them...

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....

I don't have traceable literary models because I haven't had great literary influences in my...

I don't have traceable literary models because I haven't had great literary influences in my...

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.

Tardiness in literature can make me nervous.

Tardiness in literature can make me nervous.

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...

My only fantasy about writing was that in my old days, after directing many masterpieces,...

My only fantasy about writing was that in my old days, after directing many masterpieces,...

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 allow my intuition to lead my path.

I allow my intuition to lead my path.

I've never seen a worse situation than that of young writers in the United States....

I've never seen a worse situation than that of young writers in the United States....

For someone who writes fiction, in order to activate the imagination and the unconscious, it's...

For someone who writes fiction, in order to activate the imagination and the unconscious, it's...

I believe that people who don't achieve anything in life are isolated and resent those...

I believe that people who don't achieve anything in life are isolated and resent those...

I don't think humor is forced upon my universe; it's a part of it.

I don't think humor is forced upon my universe; it's a part of it.

I felt the need to tell stories to understand myself.

I felt the need to tell stories to understand myself.

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...

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.

My stories are very somber, so I think I need the comic ingredient. Besides, life...

My stories are very somber, so I think I need the comic ingredient. Besides, life...

I haven't been the kind of writer about whom book-length academic studies have been written.

I haven't been the kind of writer about whom book-length academic studies have been written.

Ironically, Latin American countries, in their instability, give writers and intellectuals the hope that they...

Ironically, Latin American countries, in their instability, give writers and intellectuals the hope that they...