I only understand realism.

I felt the need to tell stories to understand myself.

What better model of a synthesis than a nocturnal dream? Dreams simplify, don't they?

My stories are very somber, so I think I need the comic ingredient. Besides, life has so much humor.

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 think cinema is closer to allegories than to reality. It's closer to our dreams.

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

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

Your reality, isn’t restricted by this cell we live in. If you read something, if you study something, you transcend any cell you’re inside of

If the novelist shares his or her problems with the characters, he or she is able to study his personal unconscious.

Teaching is a good distraction, and I am in contact with young people, which is very gratifying.

Sometimes a people lose their right to remain silent when pressured to remain silent.

Your real influence is measured by your treatment of yourself.

I know all about the facts of life, and I don't think much of them.

For me, Spotify is not even a necessary evil. It helps me do what I want to do.

The crazy thing is we live on an ocean planet - nobody gets that yet.

In America, it takes about two weeks in the limelight for the whole country to think you've been around for years.

I have a very high opinion of Steve King and his ability, so I would encourage him to consider any position for higher office.

Practical gifts are another great way to be thoughtful, and they work for anything from birthdays to dinner-party gifts.

Night-dreams trace on Memory's wall Shadows of the thoughts of day, And thy fortunes, as they fall, The bias of the will betray.

If I say a joke and the audience laughs it makes me feel good.