It's the comedies and thrillers that are successful. People love horror, but in thrillers. Once you speak of pain and suffering it's a different matter. — Philippe Claudel Copy Share Image
An artist is someone who feels the vibrations of the world and tries to transcribe them through his medium. — Philippe Claudel Copy Share Image
“Cuando le pregunté si no le pesaba la soledad, se quedó pensando un buen rato y luego, con voz grave y serena dijo: «Estar solo es el sino del hombre, de un modo u otro». Me pareció una frase muy hermosa y muy falsa a la vez. Tú no estás a mi lado, pero es como si te sintiera junto… — Philippe Claudel Copy Share
“Why did I, like thousands of others, have to carry a cross I hadn't chosen, a cross which was not made for my shoulders and which didn't concern me? Who decided to come rummaging around in my obscure existence, invade my gray anonymity, my meager tranquility, and bowl me like a little ball in a great game of skittles? God?… — Philippe Claudel Copy Share
My work is very controlled. I leave nothing to chance. Chance comes afterward... Making a film is like cooking a pot au feu. You… — Philippe Claudel Copy Share Image
“Oh little Poupchette, some may tell you that you are nobody's child, a child of defilement, a child begotten in fear and horror. Some may tell you that you are a child of abomination conceived in abomination, a tainted child, a child polluted long before you were born. Do not pay attention to them, my little sweetheart, please do not… — Philippe Claudel Copy Share
“Para intentar comprender a la gente, hay que excavar hasta las raíces. No basta con darle un empujón al tiempo con el hombro para… — Philippe Claudel Copy Share Image
I think about the sincerity of my writing. I try to be true, to pose questions. Shake people up a bit and make them… — Philippe Claudel Copy Share Image
“...In the end, there's no sort of difference between dying from ignorance and dying under the feet of thousands of men who have regained… — Philippe Claudel Copy Share Image
It's the comedies and thrillers that are successful. People love horror, but in thrillers. Once you speak of pain and suffering it's a different… — Philippe Claudel Copy Share Image
It's always been difficult for me to speak and express my innermost thoughts. I prefer to write. When I sit down and write, words… — Philippe Claudel Copy Share Image
In a novel, language is your principal tool, you try to build pictures in the mind of the reader. When you write a screenplay,… — Philippe Claudel Copy Share Image
