There’s something really admirable about French culture and an attraction in how independent it is from our own. So, it’s odd that in other countries
You can be an American or an Englishman or Canadian and be a Parisian. It’s a very admirable culture, and people want to identify with
If you’re sort of interested in politics but sort of upset about contemporary politics, it’s kind of wonderful to read about periods who were very
At the New York Harvard Club, they’ve moved the memorial for those who died in World Wars I and II up to an obscure little
I love writing novels, but I’m very fearful about writing something from absolute scratch. I kind of don’t have the time to write something from
Oddly, in a sense, I still have more confidence as a director than my ability as a writer. Somehow, directing is just really easy. It’s
I read one Jane Austen in college and didn’t like it at all and told everyone how much I disliked it. I read ‘Northanger Abbey’
I’m anti-verite. I think the verite style is a completely false thing. Most things are false to arrive at a truth; verite is falsity without
I don’t like the word ‘perfectionist,’ because it’s self-flattering. It’s tooting your own horn and implies that you actually can achieve perfection. I prefer ‘particularist.’
What I find remarkable is that so much of the 18th century literature that I read is more accessible than reading your alternative weekly from
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