--- title: "3 Gabriel Josipovici Quotes - Famous Writer (Contre-jour)" description: "Gabriel David Josipovici is a British novelist, short story writer, critic, literary theorist, and playwright. He is an Emeritus professor, after having..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-ruth-hogan-36653.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Gabriel Josipovici](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-ruth-hogan-36653.jpg) # Gabriel Josipovici (1940) Writer United Kingdom **3** quotes in **22** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Gabriel Josipovici is a writer from the United Kingdom, best known for *Contre-jour*. ## Quick Facts About Gabriel Josipovici Born October 8, 1940 Nationality United Kingdom Profession Writer Notable works Contre-jour ## About Gabriel Josipovici Gabriel David Josipovici is a British novelist, short story writer, critic, literary theorist, and playwright. He is an Emeritus professor, after having been Professor at the University of Sussex. ## Awards & Honors Prix Laure Bataillon Fellow of the British Academy Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature ## Quotes by Gabriel Josipovici > [“I agree with Proust in this, he says, that books create their own silences in ways that friends rarely do. And the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabriel-josipovici/i-agree-with-proust-in-this-he-says-that-books-create-their-own/) [Gabriel Josipovici](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabriel-josipovici/) [Books](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c87/gabriel-josipovici-77486_books_i-agree-with-proust-in-this-he-says-that_1329803.jpg) > [“I do not know where this mania for understanding oneself has come from, he said, but it clearly exerts a powerful hold…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabriel-josipovici/i-do-not-know-where-this-mania-for-understanding-oneself-has-come/) [Gabriel Josipovici](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabriel-josipovici/) [Analysis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/analysis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec4/gabriel-josipovici-77486_analysis_i-do-not-know-where-this-mania-for-under_2440166.png) > [The worst way to read, he said, is with the thought that you do not have enough time. The only way to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabriel-josipovici/the-worst-way-to-read-he-said-is-with-the-thought-that-you-do-not/) [Gabriel Josipovici](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabriel-josipovici/) [Amount](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/amount/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8c/gabriel-josipovici-77486_amount_the-worst-way-to-read-he-said-is-with-th_2707274.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabriel-josipovici/#itemlist", "name": "Gabriel Josipovici Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I agree with Proust in this, he says, that books create their own silences in ways that friends rarely do. 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