36 Quotes by Philippe Claudel

Parfois, on aime ses propres cicatrices.

An artist is someone who feels the vibrations of the world and tries to transcribe them through his medium.

Most of all people respond to a film tackling grave subjects that question and go against the prevailing mood.

I think about the sincerity of my writing. I try to be true, to pose questions. Shake people up a bit and make them look in a direction they wouldn’t normally.

I’m not imprisoned in any one medium. In films I use techniques that are not necessarily what other directors attempt. When I write novels I also use techniques which can run counter to those that a novelist would use.

In a novel, language is your principal tool, you try to build pictures in the mind of the reader. When you write a screenplay, the language is just a transition, the final goal is a picture on the screen, it’s the only thing the audience sees.

Les hommes sont bizarres. Ils commettent le pire sans trop se poser de questions, mais ensuite, ils ne peuvent plus vivre avec le souvenir de ce qu’ils ont fait.

I like speed in thrillers. It’s a rhythm adapted to the subject.

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.