What better model of a synthesis than a nocturnal dream? Dreams simplify, don't they?

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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 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.

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,...

Contrary to what Kafka does, I always like to refer all of my fictions to...

Contrary to what Kafka does, I always like to refer all of my fictions to...

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....

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...

I don't want to name names, but the least I can say about rock and...

I don't want to name names, but the least I can say about rock and...

I started writing movie scripts. They excited me a lot, but I didn't like them...

I started writing movie scripts. They excited me a lot, but I didn't like them...

I began teaching in New York because I needed to stay in the United States...

I began teaching in New York because I needed to stay in the United States...

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...

Teaching is a good distraction, and I am in contact with young people, which is...

Teaching is a good distraction, and I am in contact with young people, which is...

My pleasure was to copy, not to create.

My pleasure was to copy, not to create.

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...

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...

Tardiness in literature can make me nervous.

Tardiness in literature can make me nervous.

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 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 only understand realism.

I only understand realism.

The essayist has to follow a certain intellectual pattern. The novelist has the advantage of...

The essayist has to follow a certain intellectual pattern. The novelist has the advantage of...

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....