Author: Nathalie Sarraute

Quotes

It's the duty of all novelists, all painters, all musicians, all people who try to make art move: to look for something they feel authentically, without paying attention to styles.

It's the duty of all novelists, all painters, all musicians, all people who try to make art move: to look for something they feel authentically, without paying attention to styles.

- Nathalie Sarraute

One can't write for all readers. A poet cannot write for people who don't like poetry.

One can't write for all readers. A poet cannot write for people who don't like poetry.

- Nathalie Sarraute

It's a question of not copying the masters, to look for something, good or bad, for oneself. To enter this liberated state of mind, one cannot copy the others.

It's a question of not copying the masters, to look for something, good or bad, for oneself. To enter this liberated state of mind, one cannot copy the others.

- Nathalie Sarraute

The reader has to be creative when he's reading. He has to try to make the thing alive. A good reader has to do a certain amount of work when he is reading.

The reader has to be creative when he's reading. He has to try to make the thing alive. A good reader has to do a certain amount of work when he is reading.

- Nathalie Sarraute

One can't write without having read - you have to read before beginning to write - and universities offer a very good opportunity to read.

One can't write without having read - you have to read before beginning to write - and universities offer a very good opportunity to read.

- Nathalie Sarraute

The novel moves like all the arts. It's transforming itself all the time.

The novel moves like all the arts. It's transforming itself all the time.

- Nathalie Sarraute

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