“My stories are very somber, so I think I need the comic ingredient. Besides, life has so much humor.”
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I'm not terribly happy about rock and roll. Certain rock music is uninspiring, numbing it makes you feel like an idiot.
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 like the beauty of Faulkner's poetry. But I don't like his themes, not at all.
I've never seen a worse situation than that of young writers in the United States. The publishing business in North America is so commercialized.