In a country like France, so ancient, their history is full of outstanding people, so they carry a heavy weight on their back. Who could write in French after Proust or Flaubert?

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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...

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.

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.

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...

Tardiness in literature can make me nervous.

Tardiness in literature can make me nervous.

I only understand realism.

I only understand realism.

The translator's task is to create, in his or her own language, the same tensions...

The translator's task is to create, in his or her own language, the same tensions...

I felt the need to tell stories to understand myself.

I felt the need to tell stories to understand myself.

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'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 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'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...

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.

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...

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...

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'm not a best-seller, but through translations, I've accumulated some money.

I'm not a best-seller, but through translations, I've accumulated some money.

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...

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...