“Characters simply come and find me. They sit down, I offer them a coffee. They tell me their story and then they almost always leave. When a character, after drinking some coffee and briefly telling her story, wants dinner and then a place to sleep and then breakfast and so on, for me the time has come to write the novel.” WantWritingCharacterStoriesSleepNovelOffersDrinkingDinnerCoffeeBreakfastFind Me Author:Dacia Maraini
“In a novel there's not much autobiography. There are characters in transit. Naturally, I can project something of my experiences onto the characters, but they have their own autonomy, a personality that is often a mystery to me.” I CanCharacterNovelMysteryPersonalityProjectsAutobiographyAutonomy Author:Dacia Maraini
“I don't always understand my characters. I write to understand them better.” WritingCharacter Author:Dacia Maraini
