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.… — Patrick Modiano Copy Share Image
In the end, we are all determined by the place and the time in which we were born. — Patrick Modiano Copy Share Image
Nice is a city of ghosts and specters, but I hope not to become one of them right away. — Patrick Modiano Copy Share Image
I write in the most classical French because this form is necessary for my novels: to translate the murky, floating, unsettling atmosphere I wanted… — Patrick Modiano Copy Share Image
On winning Literature Nobel Prize: I was actually in the street. Yes, I was in the street. It was my daughter who notified me. — Patrick Modiano Copy Share Image
Encourage aspiring writers to continue writing when things are going against them, when it feels hard. Explain the typical obstacles that occur, and encourage… — Patrick Modiano Copy Share Image
“For me the autumn has never been a sad season. The dead leaves and the increasingly shorter days have never suggested the end of… — Patrick Modiano Copy Share Image
Something happens between a novel and its reader which is similar to the process of developing photographs, the way they did it before the… — Patrick Modiano Copy Share Image
A novelist can never be his own reader, except when he is ridding his manuscript of syntax errors, repetitions, or the occasional superfluous paragraph. — Patrick Modiano Copy Share Image
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… — Patrick Modiano Copy Share Image
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… — Patrick Modiano Copy Share Image
I think I became a writer because I didn't know of anything else to do. Maybe some incident from my childhood influenced me. — Patrick Modiano Copy Share Image
The more things remain obscure and mysterious, the more they interest me. I even try to find mystery in things that have none. — Patrick Modiano Copy Share Image
