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

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I locate that special problem in a character and then try to understand it. That's...

I locate that special problem in a character and then try to understand it. That's...

I'm not terribly happy about rock and roll. Certain rock music is uninspiring, numbing; it...

I'm not terribly happy about rock and roll. Certain rock music is uninspiring, numbing; it...

We should try to understand our innermost needs. We shouldn't use irony to reduce their...

We should try to understand our innermost needs. We shouldn't use irony to reduce their...

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....

I allow my intuition to lead my path.

I allow my intuition to lead my path.

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....

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...

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...

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...

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'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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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.

My pleasure was to copy, not to create.

My pleasure was to copy, not to create.

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...

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...

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...