Writing Is Like Cultivating Parasites in Your Brain

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2019
46min

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Writing Is Like Cultivating Parasites in Your Brain (2019)

Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langue"The past is always happy and the future also. Only the present hurts," says Michel Houellebecq in this very rare interview, which the French author has said is his last public stage intervi... Tout lire"The past is always happy and the future also. Only the present hurts," says Michel Houellebecq in this very rare interview, which the French author has said is his last public stage interview. Considered one of the most important European writers today, Houellebecq speaks with g... Tout lire"The past is always happy and the future also. Only the present hurts," says Michel Houellebecq in this very rare interview, which the French author has said is his last public stage interview. Considered one of the most important European writers today, Houellebecq speaks with great generosity and humour about love, religion and happiness, offering thoughtful insight... Tout lire

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Michel Houellebecq begins speaking about his childhood, about what kind of a child he was, and how he started writing because he nurtured an early love of reading, particularly Hans Christian Andersen and Jules Verne. He admits that he was "devastated" by reading the 'Little Match Girl'. "Even animals, they learn through imitation. And I think there is a sense of imitation in writing at the beginning." Reading, he feels, is a vital necessity because we need to be able to live parallel lives: "Humans generally have too complex a brain for the life they live. A large part of their brain capacity isn't used. And one life isn't enough. You need to have parallel lives or you can't resist." Writing, however, requires a belief that you have something to add: "You need to have a certain megalomania to publish."