Patrick Modiano Quotes

The more things remain obscure and mysterious, the more they interest me. I even try to find mystery in things that have none.

Patrick Modiano

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: July 30, 1945

Topics

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It's so easy as a child to identify with 'Winnie-the-Pooh.' The humour doesn't talk down at you. It's a very grown up humour - a little bit ironic, a bit self deprecating.

Jim Broadbent

ChildSelfEasyYouDownTalk

I want to live in a city where the future is being mapped out.

Jim Crace

FutureLiveCityWantOutWhere

I studied to be a lawyer, and after that I did something, obviously, completely different. With change, you learn something. If you do the same thing over and over again, you never learn anything.

Andrea Bocelli

ChangeLawyerLearnYouNeverOver

I have an illogical affinity for 'Star Trek: The Next Generation.'

John Joseph Adams

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We keep passing unseen through little moments of other people's lives.

Robert M. Pirsig

PeopleMomentsThroughLittleKeep

In academic life, false ideas are merely false, and useless ones can be fun to play with.

Michael Ignatieff

LifeFunIdeasPlayUselessFalse

The best news of the Christian gospel is that the supremely glorious Creator of the universe has acted in Jesus Christ's death and resurrection to remove every obstacle between us and himself so that we may find everlasting joy in seeing and savoring his infinite beauty.

John Piper

BeautyBestDeathJoyUniverseFind

I wasn't the classic comedy type; I wasn't bullied or extrovert. I was more the ambitious literary one who wanted to write clever little plays.

Stewart Lee

ComedyCleverMoreWriteClassic

If my kids want to have fries, you know what, I'm gonna let my kids have fries. If they are active and if they're moving, there's nothing wrong with having some fries.

Don Thompson

MovingYouWrongKnowWantNothing

My wife likes me better when I'm writing. It centers me and makes me more calm. When I go a long time without writing, I start getting frustrated.

Jonás Cuarón

TimeWifeMeWritingStartCalm

When my mother was raising me, she moved us upstate to the Woodstock area. Our closest neighbor was a mile away. She planted all her own vegetables.

Debi Mazar

MotherMeNeighborVegetablesShe

People are mean and hateful, angry - haters everywhere, stupid blogs.

Chrisette Michele

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