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

- Philippe Claudel

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…

- Philippe Claudel

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 grow very docile, t…

- Philippe Claudel

My work is very controlled. I leave nothing to chance. Chance comes afterward... Making a film is like cooking a pot au feu. You choose the best carr…

- Philippe Claudel

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

- Philippe Claudel

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

- Philippe Claudel

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 matt…

- Philippe Claudel

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…

- Philippe Claudel

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…

- Philippe Claudel