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?
I write novels because there is something I don't understand in reality.
I started writing movie scripts. They excited me a lot, but I didn't like them when they were finished because they were simple copies of the films I saw in childhood.
I do believe that reading can help you understand what you're writing and see what others are doing. But sometimes the desire for more information can act as an inhibitor.
My only fantasy about writing was that in my old days, after directing many masterpieces, I would write my memoirs.
For someone who writes fiction, in order to activate the imagination and the unconscious, it's essential to be free.
I write for somebody who has my own limitations. My reader has a certain difficulty with concentrating, which in my case comes from being a film viewer.
Whenever I write, I'm always thinking of the reader.
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