“I need to be very hungry all the time. I need to be very hungry to write.” NeedsWritingHungryAmelie Author:Amelie Nothomb
“It's while writing that suddenly a point of view appears: 'So, that's what I really thought about this thing'. Then it feels part of me.” FeelsWritingViewsPoint Of ViewAmelie Author:Amelie Nothomb
“Luckily I haven't fallen into the trap, which has claimed so many writers, of living from day to day thinking 'Ah, I'll write a book about that.'” ThinkingWritingBookHavensFallenTrapsDay To DayAmelie Author:Amelie Nothomb
“Of course you have memories, and these memories are convincing. But it's really at the moment when I write them down - when I write about my relationship with that Japanese boy in Ni d'Eve, Ni d'Adam - that they reach a degree of reality which is incandescent, that I've really conquered a story, understood it and feel that it is really part of me.” FeelsWritingMomentsStoriesRealityCoursesMemoriesBoysDegreesUnderstoodAdamConvincing Author:Amelie Nothomb
