The more freedom I allow myself as a writer to wander, become lost and go into uncertain territory - and I am always trying to go to the more awkward place, the more difficult place - the more frightening it is, because I have no plan. Nicole Krauss awkwarddifficultfreedom share on social
If the book is a mystery to its author as she's writing, inevitably it's going to be a mystery to the reader as he or she reads it. Nicole Krauss authorbookinevitably Change image and share on social
I am always coming up with architectural metaphors when I think about writing. But I think one of the things that draw us to literature is that it gives us this very attractive illusion that there is meaning in the world - things connect. Nicole Krauss architecturalattractivecome share on social
Getting a book published made me feel a little bit sad. I felt driven by the need to write a book, rather than the need to write. I needed to figure out what was important to me as a writer. Nicole Krauss bitebookdrive Change image and share on social
To hike out alone in the desert; to sleep on the valley floor on a night with no moon, in the pitch black, just listening to the boom of silence: you can't imagine what that's like. Nicole Krauss blackboomdesert Change image and share on social
I have realised just how important it is to readers to feel that fictional stories are based on reality. Nicole Krauss basefeelfictional Change image and share on social
I take almost no notes when I write. I have one notebook - this old green leather notebook that my dad gave me a decade ago. Nicole Krauss agodaddecade Change image and share on social
I'm the opposite of someone like David Grossman, who knows how his characters walk, and how they smell. I don't allow myself to imagine what mine look like at all. My sense of them comes from the inside. They remain, by necessity, physically vague in my mind. Nicole Krauss characterdavidgrossman share on social
I have always written about characters who fall somewhere in the spectrum between solitary and totally alienated. Nicole Krauss alienatecharacterfall Change image and share on social
The accolades, just like the scrapes and bruises, fade in the end, and all you're left with is your ambition. Nicole Krauss accoladeambitionbruise Change image and share on social
