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It's my memory, and what happened between that moment 10 or 15 years ago and now, there's a lot of gray area.
The novels I planned to write were never going to be funny books about Jews. They were going to be country house books. Only later on could I write what I knew I was best at writing about.
I always sent my mother all these huge books I made. When my mother died, I was cleaning her cupboard, and these big books were only 20 pages long.
I often joke that I straddle psychosis and neurosis, and that being an artist keeps me in the middle, so I can work between the two.
Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the courage of other persons.
I wouldn't mind an original letter from Napoleon to Josephine - in the early days, his letters arrived torn to pieces because he was overwhelmed by his passion for her.
Be aware that the more often a child hears the word no, the greater his need to say no himself.
Great buildings that move the spirit have always been rare. In every case they are unique, poetic, products of the heart.
No one could understand the bond between me and my brother. I struggled to understand the forces that drove his soul in one direction and mine in another.