Although a friend of left-wing icons such as Yves Montand, Melville referred to himself as "an extreme individualist" and "a right-wing anarchist" in terms of politics.
Iako prijatelj s poznatim ljevičarima kao što je bio Yves Montand, Melville je sebe smatrao "ekstremnim individualcem" i "desničarskim anarhistom" kad je politika bila u pitanju.