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About Amelie Nothomb

  • Born: August 13, 1967
  • Occupation: Writer
    • When i want to be incognito, i don't wear any hat. unfortunately, even without the hat, they now recognise me in paris.
    Paris Want Hats
    I need to be very hungry all the time. i need to be very hungry to write.
    Writing Needs Amelie
    Luckily i haven't fallen into the trap, which has claimed so many writers, of living from day to day thinking 'ah, i'll write a book about that.'
    Book Writing Thinking
    I eat in a strange way, but i enjoy it. everything became well when i finally understood that i enjoy being hungry. normally, i only eat in the evening.
    Way Evening Amelie
    I thought maybe i would become a god, or a goddess, or a president or a nobel prize winner.
    President Amelie Winner
    When you have a lot of success you don't need vanity any more.
    Vanity Needs Amelie
    I've noticed it a lot. i'm not someone who revises. it's always the first movement, it's that. it's an instinct. either it works straight away, or it won't ever work.
    Movement Firsts Instinct
    It's while writing that suddenly a point of view appears: 'so, that's what i really thought about this thing'. then it feels part of me.
    Writing Views Amelie
    I never even dreamt of being a writer because i didn't feel allowed. when i was a child i was terribly ambitious, but i didn't know at all what this great thing would become.
    Children Ambitious Amelie
    More and more i understand that it's very fine not to know where you come from.
    Where You Come Amelie Fine
    Definitely. more and more i understand that it's very fine not to know where you come from. there is line in a song by georges brassens [french singer-songwriter]: 'les imbciles heureux qui sont ns quelquepart.' i will never be one of the happy stupid that were born somewhere. this way of life is excellent for the imagination. it develops your paranoia. you feel paranoid when you don't understand a country, and being paranoiac is excellent for fiction.
    Country Song Stupid
    It’s true that someone will always say that good and evil don’t exist: that is a person who has never had any dealings with real evil. good is far less convincing than evil, but it’s because their chemical structures are different. like gold, good is never found in a pure state in nature: it therefore doesn’t seem impressive. it has the unfortunate tendency not to act; it prefers, passively, to be seen.
    Real Evil Gold
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