My greatest aspiration was always to live in the tropics.

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Tardiness in literature can make me nervous.

Tardiness in literature can make me nervous.

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

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

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...

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 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...

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 allow my intuition to lead my path.

I allow my intuition to lead my path.

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...

All of my problems are rather complicated - I need an entire novel to deal...

All of my problems are rather complicated - I need an entire novel to deal...

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 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 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.

Book reviews have never helped me. Most of them erred in their interpretations and their...

Book reviews have never helped me. Most of them erred in their interpretations and their...

I only understand realism.

I only understand realism.

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.

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 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...

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...

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.