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12 quotes by Amelie Nothomb

Amélie Nothomb Born Fabienne-Claire Nothomb. (1966-07-09) 9 July 1966 (age 48) Etterbeek, Belgium Occupation Writer Nationality Belgian Notable works Stupeur et tremblements Amélie Nothomb (born Fabienne-Claire ; 9 July 1966 in Etterbeek, Belgium) is a Belgian writer who writes in French.
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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... →

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I thought maybe I would become a god, or a goddess, or a president or a Nobel Prize winner.

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When you have a lot of success you don't need vanity any more.

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I need to be very hungry all the time. I need to be very hungry to write.

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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... →

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Of course you have memories, and these memories are convincing. But it's really at the moment when I write them down - when I write about my... →

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More and more I understand that it's very fine not to know where you come from.

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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... →

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When I want to be incognito, I don't wear any hat. Unfortunately, even without the hat, they now recognise me in Paris.

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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... →

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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... →

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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... →

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