French - Writer | April 13, 1940 -
The writer, the poet, the novelist, are all creators. This does not mean that they invent language; it means that they use language to create beauty, ideas, images. This is why we cannot do without them.
J. M. G. Le Clezio
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Language is the most extraordinary invention in the history of humanity, the one which came before everything and which makes it possible to share everything.
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I have the feeling of being a very small item on this planet, and literature enables me to express that.
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The novelist, he's not a philosopher, not a technician of spoken language. He's someone who writes, above all, and through the novel asks questions.
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Reading is a free practice. I think the readers are free to begin by the books where they want to. They don't have to be led in their reading.
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