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> [A man without scenery is completely disarmed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-modiano/a-man-without-scenery-is-completely-disarmed/)

[Patrick Modiano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-modiano/)

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## More by Patrick Modiano

> [Nice is a city of ghosts and specters, but I hope not to become one of them right away.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-modiano/nice-is-a-city-of-ghosts-and-specters-but-i-hope-not-to-become-one-of/)

[Patrick Modiano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-modiano/)

> [I write in the most classical French because this form is necessary for my novels: to translate the murky, floating, unsettling atmosphere I wanted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-modiano/i-write-in-the-most-classical-french-because-this-form-is-necessary/)

[Patrick Modiano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-modiano/)

> [On winning Literature Nobel Prize: I was actually in the street. Yes, I was in the street. It was my daughter who notified me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-modiano/on-winning-literature-nobel-prize-i-was-actually-in-the-street-yes-i/)

[Patrick Modiano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-modiano/)

> [Encourage aspiring writers to continue writing when things are going against them, when it feels hard. Explain the typical obstacles that occur, and encourage…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-modiano/encourage-aspiring-writers-to-continue-writing-when-things-are-going/)

[Patrick Modiano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-modiano/)

> [“For me the autumn has never been a sad season. The dead leaves and the increasingly shorter days have never suggested the end of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-modiano/for-me-the-autumn-has-never-been-a-sad-season-the-dead-leaves-and-the/)

[Patrick Modiano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-modiano/)

> [Something happens between a novel and its reader which is similar to the process of developing photographs, the way they did it before the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-modiano/something-happens-between-a-novel-and-its-reader-which-is-similar-to/)

[Patrick Modiano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-modiano/)

> [A novelist can never be his own reader, except when he is ridding his manuscript of syntax errors, repetitions, or the occasional superfluous paragraph.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-modiano/a-novelist-can-never-be-his-own-reader-except-when-he-is-ridding-his/)

[Patrick Modiano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-modiano/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-modiano/for-a-long-time-i-ve-had-a-recurring-dream-i-dream-i-don-t-have-to/)

[Patrick Modiano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-modiano/)

> [Really, I prefer not to read my early books. Not that I don't like them, but I don't recognize myself anymore, like an old…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-modiano/really-i-prefer-not-to-read-my-early-books-not-that-i-don-t-like-them/)

[Patrick Modiano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-modiano/)

> [I think I became a writer because I didn't know of anything else to do. Maybe some incident from my childhood influenced me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-modiano/i-think-i-became-a-writer-because-i-didn-t-know-of-anything-else-to/)

[Patrick Modiano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-modiano/)

> [A man without scenery is completely disarmed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-modiano/a-man-without-scenery-is-completely-disarmed/)

[Patrick Modiano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-modiano/)

> [The more things remain obscure and mysterious, the more they interest me. I even try to find mystery in things that have none.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-modiano/the-more-things-remain-obscure-and-mysterious-the-more-they-interest/)

[Patrick Modiano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-modiano/)

> [I just have two daughters and a grandson. So not a big family.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-modiano/i-just-have-two-daughters-and-a-grandson-so-not-a-big-family/)

[Patrick Modiano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-modiano/)

> [I quickly realised that it is difficult to get started when writing a novel. You have this dream of what you want to create,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-modiano/i-quickly-realised-that-it-is-difficult-to-get-started-when-writing-a/)

[Patrick Modiano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-modiano/)

> [My wife's a lot younger than me ... thirty years difference . . . You should never marry a woman a lot younger than you ... Never ...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-modiano/my-wife-s-a-lot-younger-than-me-thirty-years-difference-you-should/)

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