“I thought maybe I would become a god, or a goddess, or a president or a Nobel Prize winner.” Quote by 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
“When I want to be incognito, I don't wear any hat. Unfortunately, even without the hat, they now recognise me in Paris.” WantParisHatsRecogniseAmelie Author:Amelie Nothomb
“When you have a lot of success you don't need vanity any more.” NeedsVanityAmelie Author:Amelie Nothomb
“I eat in a strange way, but I enjoy it. Everything became well when I finally understood that I enjoy being hungry. Normally, I only eat in the evening.” WayWellsEnjoyStrangeUnderstoodHungryEveningAmelie Author:Amelie Nothomb
“I never even dreamt of being a writer because I didn't feel allowed. When I was a child I was terribly ambitious, but I didn't know at all what this great thing would become.” KnowsFeelsChildrenGreat ThingsAmbitiousAmelie 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
“Good comics gravitate to each other; you know who's your type of person by watching them onstage, hopefully.” KnowsPersonsTypeHopefully Author:B. J. Novak