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"If a spectator with a philosophical mind, somebody accustomed to reading books, gets the same kind of information in a movie, he might not fully understand it."
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"Always in my books, I like to throw that rogue element into a stable situation and then see what happens."
"I have always read all the latest cookery books and magazines, from all over the world."
"Books are standing counselors and preachers, always at hand, and always disinterested; having this advantage over oral instructors, that they are ready to repeat their lesson as often as we please."
"Learning hath gained most by those books by which the printers have lost."
"What if I were seeking a hardcopy? A book I can bury my nose in metaphorically and literally if I'm a self-confessed book-sniffer and proud to say so."
"In my books I might hold the mirror to my own face. If others would like to borrow the mirror, they're welcome. The books aren't there to accuse others - merely to raise issues and keep the debates alive."
"Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested."
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"What's better, a poetic intuition or an intellectual work? I think they complement each other."
"I don't have traceable literary models because I haven't had great literary influences in my life."
"Kafka truly illustrates the way the environment oppresses the individual. He shows how the unconscious controls our lives."
"I am only interested in bad taste if I can enjoy a gruesome tango or watch a movie that makes me cry."
"It's essential not to have an ideology, not to be a member of a political party. While the writer can have certain political views, he has to be careful not to have his hands tied."
"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."
"I am very interested in what has been called bad taste. I believe the fear of displaying a soi-disant bad taste stops us from venturing into special cultural zones."
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