I'm a failed poet. Maybe every novelist wants to write poetry first, finds he can't, and then tries the short story, which is the most demanding form after poetry. And, failing at that, only then does he take up novel writing.
我是个失败的诗人。也许每个小说家都想先写诗，发现自己做不到，然后尝试短篇小说，这是诗歌之后要求最高的形式。如果连这都失败了，他才会转向写小说。
One of my primary objects is to form the tools so the tools themselves shall fashion the work and give to every part its just proportion.
许多人会称我为冒险家，我确实是……只是另一种冒险家：那种为了证明自己的真理而冒险的人。
I think the best way to make a movie is to make it for yourself.
"In my novels, I try to delve into the darkest corners of the human psyche."