I read like an animal. I read under the covers, I read lying in the grass, I read at the dinner table. While other people were talking to me, I read. Nicole Krauss animalcoverdinner Change image and share on social
You can't imagine how hard I am on myself. Nothing pummels me like my own doubts, the feeling of how far I still have to go. Nicole Krauss doubtfelthard Change image and share on social
I'm very interested in structure, how multiple stories are assembled in different ways; that is what memory does as well. Nicole Krauss assembleinterestmemory Change image and share on social
I used to think that if I had a choice between writing well and living well, I would choose the former. But now I think that's sheer lunacy. Writing weighs so much less, in the great cosmic equation, than living. Nicole Krauss choicechoosecosmic share on social
I always wrote little things when I was younger. My first opus was a book of poems put down in a spiral notebook at five or six, handsomely accompanied by crayon illustrations. Nicole Krauss accompanybookcrayon Change image and share on social
To me, this is the singular privilege of reading literature: we are allowed to step into another's life. Nicole Krauss allowlifeliterature Change image and share on social
I think of novels as houses. You live in them over the course of a long period, both as a reader and as a writer. Nicole Krauss houselivelong Change image and 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
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
