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Patrick Modiano Quotes

I’ve always had the wish, the nostalgia to be able to write detective novels. At heart, the principal themes of detective novels are close to the things that obsess me: disappearance, the problems of identity, amnesia, the return to an enigmatic past Picture Quote #1

For a long time, I’ve had a recurring dream - I dream I don’t have to write any more, that I’m free. I’m not free, alas; I’m still clearing the same terrain, with the impression that it’s never finished Picture Quote #1

No. She told me she was going to marry him, to get French nationality She was obsessed with getting a nationality Picture Quote #1

I quickly realised that it is difficult to get started when writing a novel. You have this dream of what you want to create, but it is like walking around a swimming pool and hesitating to jump in because the water is too cold Picture Quote #1

That’s the miracle of fiction. I use it to spray on certain moments or places from my youth Picture Quote #1

Recently, I looked back at my first manuscripts and was struck by the lack of space, of breath. That’s exactly how it felt, back then... like I was suffocating Picture Quote #1

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In the end, we are all determined by the place and the time in which we were born Picture Quote #1

Encourage aspiring writers to continue writing when things are going against them, when it feels hard. Explain the typical obstacles that occur, and encourage and reassure them to continue, never to give up Picture Quote #1

Writing is a strange and solitary activity. There are dispiriting times when you start working on the first few pages of a novel. Every day, you have the feeling you are on the wrong track. This creates a strong urge to go back and follow a different path. It is important not to give in to this urge but to keep going Picture Quote #1

I think I became a writer because I didn’t know of anything else to do. Maybe some incident from my childhood influenced me Picture Quote #1

A novelist’s lack of awareness of and critical distance to his own body of work is due to a phenomenon that I have noticed in myself and many others: as soon as it is written, every new book erases the last one, leaving me with the impression that I have forgotten it Picture Quote #1

On winning Literature Nobel Prize: I was actually in the street. Yes, I was in the street. It was my daughter who notified me Picture Quote #1

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I just have two daughters and a grandson. So not a big family Picture Quote #1

A man without scenery is completely disarmed Picture Quote #1

When you really love someone, you must accept their part of mystery. And that’s why you love them Picture Quote #1

The doctor used to tell me that every person about to die becomes a music box playing the melody that best describes his life, his character, and his hopes. For some, it’s a popular waltz; for others, a march Picture Quote #1

My wife’s a lot younger than me... thirty years difference... You should never marry a woman a lot younger than you... Never Picture Quote #1

Nice is a city of ghosts and specters, but I hope not to become one of them right away Picture Quote #1

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I’ve always had the wish, the nostalgia to be able to write detective novels. At heart, the principal themes of detective novels are close to the things that obsess me: disappearance, the problems of identity, amnesia, the return to an enigmatic past. (Patrick Modiano Quotes) For a long time, I’ve had a recurring dream - I dream I don’t have to write any more, that I’m free. I’m not free, alas; I’m still clearing the same terrain, with the impression that it’s never finished. (Patrick Modiano Quotes) No. She told me she was going to marry him, to get French nationality She was obsessed with getting a nationality (Patrick Modiano Quotes) I quickly realised that it is difficult to get started when writing a novel. You have this dream of what you want to create, but it is like walking around a swimming pool and hesitating to jump in because the water is too cold. (Patrick Modiano Quotes) That’s the miracle of fiction. I use it to spray on certain moments or places from my youth. (Patrick Modiano Quotes) Recently, I looked back at my first manuscripts and was struck by the lack of space, of breath. That’s exactly how it felt, back then... like I was suffocating. (Patrick Modiano Quotes) In the end, we are all determined by the place and the time in which we were born (Patrick Modiano Quotes) Encourage aspiring writers to continue writing when things are going against them, when it feels hard. Explain the typical obstacles that occur, and encourage and reassure them to continue, never to give up. (Patrick Modiano Quotes) Writing is a strange and solitary activity. There are dispiriting times when you start working on the first few pages of a novel. Every day, you have the feeling you are on the wrong track. This creates a strong urge to go back and follow a different path. It is important not to give in to this urge but to keep going. (Patrick Modiano Quotes) I think I became a writer because I didn’t know of anything else to do. Maybe some incident from my childhood influenced me. (Patrick Modiano Quotes) A novelist’s lack of awareness of and critical distance to his own body of work is due to a phenomenon that I have noticed in myself and many others: as soon as it is written, every new book erases the last one, leaving me with the impression that I have forgotten it. (Patrick Modiano Quotes) On winning Literature Nobel Prize: I was actually in the street. Yes, I was in the street. It was my daughter who notified me (Patrick Modiano Quotes) I just have two daughters and a grandson. So not a big family (Patrick Modiano Quotes) A man without scenery is completely disarmed (Patrick Modiano Quotes) When you really love someone, you must accept their part of mystery. And that’s why you love them (Patrick Modiano Quotes) The doctor used to tell me that every person about to die becomes a music box playing the melody that best describes his life, his character, and his hopes. For some, it’s a popular waltz; for others, a march (Patrick Modiano Quotes) My wife’s a lot younger than me... thirty years difference... You should never marry a woman a lot younger than you... Never (Patrick Modiano Quotes) Nice is a city of ghosts and specters, but I hope not to become one of them right away (Patrick Modiano Quotes)