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> [Something happens between a novel and its reader which is similar to the process of developing photographs, the way they did it before the digital age. The photograph, as it was printed in the darkroom, became visible bit by bit.…](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/)

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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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