Patrick Modiano
France
Born on 30 Jul 1945
Writer
Born on 30 Jul 1945
Writer
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The events that happen in our life do not have interest by themselves, but rather on how they impact on our imagination and our dreams.
I do not really write novels, but more wobbly things, sets of dreams that come from imagination.
I think that in order to create a literary work, we simply have to dream our own life - a dream where imagination and memory get mixed.
The autobiography business turns out in something with many imprecisions, since many times we sin by omission, intentionally or not.
In a novel, it is enough to change two or three words in a page in order to change everyhting.
The psychoanalysis is like a detective story.
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
Essays
Essays
On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
Essays
Essays