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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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,...

It's essential not to have an ideology, not to be a member of a political...

It's essential not to have an ideology, not to be a member of a political...

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

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

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.

In a country like France, so ancient, their history is full of outstanding people, so...

In a country like France, so ancient, their history is full of outstanding people, so...

As a rule, one should never place form over content.

As a rule, one should never place form over content.

Kafka truly illustrates the way the environment oppresses the individual. He shows how the unconscious...

Kafka truly illustrates the way the environment oppresses the individual. He shows how the unconscious...

My greatest aspiration was always to live in the tropics.

My greatest aspiration was always to live in the tropics.

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 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 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.

I believe realism is nothing but an analysis of reality. Film scripts have a synthetical...

I believe realism is nothing but an analysis of reality. Film scripts have a synthetical...

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.

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...

It's my own personal unconscious that ultimately creates the novel's aesthetic facade.

It's my own personal unconscious that ultimately creates the novel's aesthetic facade.

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...

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.

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,...

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....

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.