Whenever I write, I'm always thinking of the reader.

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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...

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...

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 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 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 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...

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...

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 allow my intuition to lead my path.

I allow my intuition to lead my path.

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...

My pleasure was to copy, not to create.

My pleasure was to copy, not to create.

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 didn't choose literature. Literature chose me. There was no decision on my side.

I didn't choose literature. Literature chose me. There was no decision on my side.

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...

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...

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 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 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.

Tardiness in literature can make me nervous.

Tardiness in literature can make me nervous.