Books Quote by Karl Ove Knausgård

When I wrote my fictional novels, they always had a starting point of something real. Those images that are not real are exactly the…

— Karl Ove Knausgard

“When I look at a beautiful painting I have tears in my eyes, but not when I look at my children. That does not…

— Karl Ove Knausgård

“I was a wannabe who was actually unable to write because I had nothing to say, who wasn’t honest enough with himself to draw…

— Karl Ove Knausgård

I think there are a lot of similarities between writing and music. Music is much more direct and much more emotional and that's the…

— Karl Ove Knausgard

“Go somewhere you know nothing about and see what happens.”

— Karl Ove Knausgård

A problem with my novels is that they, from the start, have been infantile and incredibly childish. There are childishness, stupidity, lack of wisdom,…

— Karl Ove Knausgard

In modern novels I try to not let myself get away and to be here, and that's why I write about my life and…

— Karl Ove Knausgard

“Writing isn't black magic. You just have to come up with an idea...”

— Karl Ove Knausgård

“It was a fantastic feeling, but it left me restless because the most important thing in it was the longing, for what was going…

— Karl Ove Knausgård

“the past is now barely present in my thoughts. I believe the main reason for that is our children, since life with them in…

— Karl Ove Knausgård

“I loved it, I loved the feeling, it was my favorite feeling, but it never led to anything good, and the day after or…

— Karl Ove Knausgård

“Actually there were only two forms of existence, I reflected: one that was tied to a place and one that wasn't. Both had always…

— Karl Ove Knausgård