Patrick Modiano Quotes

I write in the most classical French because this form is necessary for my novels: to translate the murky, floating, unsettling atmosphere I wanted them to have, I had to discipline it into the clearest, most traditional language possible.

Patrick Modiano

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

DisciplineLanguagePossibleWrite

Christ died for the truth.

Jim Caviezel

TruthChristDied

At my age, you can go either fat or gaunt. I've gone gaunt.

John Waters

AgeFatYouGoGoneEither

My friends tell me I'm the most boring celebrity they know! A typical night for me is at home in California or watching movies in my pyjamas.

Amber Riley

HomeMeNightFriendsKnowMovies

I think there are perhaps two ways in which one can begin.

Robert Fitzgerald

ThinkTwoBeginI ThinkWaysWhich

There are times in life when, instead of complaining, you do something about your complaints.

Rita Dove

LifeYouComplainingSomethingYour

We know Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin as politicians, but they felt that science was something everyone should have a knowledge of.

Rush D. Holt, Jr.

KnowledgeScienceKnowPoliticians

Did you know that today will never be tomorrow.

Jay London

TodayTomorrowYouKnowWillNever

Man in general, if reduced to himself, is too wicked to be free.

Joseph de Maistre

ManFreeWickedGeneralHimselfToo

When I left the U.S., I sort of left that frustration and that pressure to make the national team behind me.

Christen Press

MeTeamFrustrationPressureLeft

Carmakers do not lobby to remove safety regulations on their vehicles, but the NRA constantly lobbies to keep restrictions off deadly weapons.

Bob Beckel

SafetyKeepOffRestrictionsRemove

My films have always been considered the benchmark in action. I have a big responsibility to shoulder.

Sunny Deol

ResponsibilityActionAlwaysShoulder

From when I was a kid, I was always very quiet within myself, I was never attention-hungry.

Thundercat

MyselfQuietNeverKidWithinVery

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