Writing is just having a sheet of paper, a pen and not a shadow of an idea of what you are going to say.
For me writing is a question of finding a certain rhythm. I compare it to the rhythms of jazz.
I shall live badly if I do not write, and I shall write badly if I do not live.
When you make a decision to write according to a set schedule and really stick to it, you find yourself writing very fast. At least I do.
All my life, I will continue obstinately to write about love, solitude and passion among the kind of people I know. The rest don't interest me.
I had a strong desire to write and some free time.
Writing is a question of finding a certain rhythm. I compare it to the rhythms of jazz. Much of the time life is a sort of rhythmic progression of three characters. If one tells oneself that life is like that, one feels it less arbitrary.
I dreamt of being a writer once I started to read. I started to write 'Bonjour Tristesse' in bistros around the Sorbonne. I finished it, I sent it to editors. It was accepted.
