At The Beginning
"At the beginning,
I experienced writing
as a sort of constraint.
Starting so young
as a writer is pitiable,
it is beyond your powers,
you have to lay bare things
that are very heavy,
and you don't have
the means for that.
When I recently looked
at my early manuscripts,
I was struck
by the absence of space,
of breathing room.
I have always felt like
I have been writing
the same book
for the past 45 years."
~ 2014 Nobel Literature prize winner Patrick Modiano :)
I experienced writing
as a sort of constraint.
Starting so young
as a writer is pitiable,
it is beyond your powers,
you have to lay bare things
that are very heavy,
and you don't have
the means for that.
When I recently looked
at my early manuscripts,
I was struck
by the absence of space,
of breathing room.
I have always felt like
I have been writing
the same book
for the past 45 years."
~ 2014 Nobel Literature prize winner Patrick Modiano :)
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