I do believe that reading can help you understand what you're writing and see what others are doing. But sometimes the desire for more information can act as an inhibitor.
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Contrary to what Kafka does, I always like to refer all of my fictions to the level of reality, He, on the other hand, leaves them at an imaginary level.Manuel Puig
The essayist has to follow a certain intellectual pattern. The novelist has the advantage of using fantasy, of being subjective.
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I like the beauty of Faulkner's poetry. But I don't like his themes, not at all.
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In a country like France, so ancient, their history is full of outstanding people, so they carry a heavy weight on their back. Who could write in French after Proust or Flaubert?
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I am very interested in what has been called bad taste. I believe the fear of displaying a soi-disant bad taste stops us from venturing into special cultural zones.
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What's better, a poetic intuition or an intellectual work? I think they complement each other.
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