I have this habit to bow my head, as to look shorter, maybe as a result of an unconscious demand of not taking up so much space. Karl Ove Knausgaard bowdemandhabit Change image and share on social
When it comes to memories of that iconic type, memories that are burned into you, I have maybe ten or so from my childhood. I'm a bad rememberer of situations. I forget almost everything as soon as it happens. Karl Ove Knausgaard badburnchildhood share on social
Concealing what is shameful to you will never lead to anything of value. Karl Ove Knausgaard concealleadshameful Change image and share on social
I'm giving away my family's story. Who owns the family's story? I don't. But you could turn it around and ask, 'Who is to deny me to write my family's story?' I have hurt people, but I don't think in a dangerous way. But you can't tell. Karl Ove Knausgaard dangerousdenyfamily share on social
I guess I have a talent for humiliation, a place within me that experience can't reach, which is terrible in real life but something that comes in handy in writing. It seems as though humiliation has become a career for me. Karl Ove Knausgaard careerexperienceguess share on social
My memory is basically visual: that's what I remember, rooms and landscapes. What I do not remember are what the people in these room were telling me. I never see letters or sentences when I write or read, but only the images they produce. Karl Ove Knausgaard basicallyimagelandscape share on social
My intention throughout has been to write, to create literature, and to be able to look people in the eye after I'd done it - the people I'd written about. Karl Ove Knausgaard createeyeintention Change image and share on social
When I look back at that freedom of childhood, which is in a way infinite, and at all the joy and the intense happiness, now lost, I sometimes think that childhood is where the real meaning of life is located, and that we, adults, are its servants - that that's our purpose. Karl Ove Knausgaard adultbackchildhood share on social
