"My only fantasy about writing was that in my old days, after directing many masterpieces, I would write my memoirs."

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"My only fantasy about writing was that in my old days, after directing many masterpieces, I would write my memoirs."

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"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."

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"For someone who writes fiction, in order to activate the imagination and the unconscious, it's essential to be free."

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

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"I began teaching in New York because I needed to stay in the United States and didn't have my immigration papers in order, so working for a university was a way of resolving the issue."

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"I am only interested in bad taste if I can enjoy a gruesome tango or watch a movie that makes me cry."

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"I can work in films as long as the story doesn't have a realistic nature. If I'm working with an allegory, a fantasy, it can be developed in synthetic terms."

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"If it's great stuff, the people who consume it are nourished. It's a positive force."

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