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

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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...

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 for somebody who has my own limitations. My reader has a certain difficulty...

I write for somebody who has my own limitations. My reader has a certain difficulty...

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...

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

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

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 do believe that reading can help you understand what you're writing and see what...

I do believe that reading can help you understand what you're writing and see what...

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 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....

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....

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 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.

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...

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

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

Be content to seem what you really are.

Be content to seem what you really are.

Be content to be what you are, and prefer nothing to it, and do not...

Be content to be what you are, and prefer nothing to it, and do not...