"Love is an attempt at penetrating another being, but it can only succeed if the surrender is mutual."

"Literature is the expression of a feeling of deprivation, a recourse against a sense of something missing. But the contrary is also true: language is what makes us human. It is a recourse against the meaningless noise and silence of nature and history."

"Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition. Man is the only being who knows he is alone."

"Art is an invention of aesthetics, which in turn is an invention of philosophers... What we call art is a game."

"Confrontation is not a dirty word. Sometimes it's the best kind of journalism as long you don't confront people just for the sake of a confrontation."

"I've never read a screenplay in advance. You trust the artist."

"If you think of the typical Herbalife distributor and their level of sophistication, to this day I still don't understand the marketing plan - true story."

"I think all writers of my age who are brought up on films probably by the age of 16 have seen many more films than they have read classics of literature. We can't help but be influenced by film. Film has got some great tricks that it's taught writers."