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Of Course You Have Memories, And These Memories Are Convincing. But It's Really At The Moment When I Write Them Down - When I Write About My Relationship With That Japanese Boy In Ni D'eve, Ni D'adam - That They Reach A Degree Of Reality Which Is Incandescent, That I've Really Conquered A Story, Understood It And Feel That It Is Really Part Of Me.

I've Noticed It A Lot. I'm Not Someone Who Revises. It's Always The First Movement, It's That. It's An Instinct. Either It Works Straight Away, Or It Won't Ever Work.

More And More I Understand That It's Very Fine Not To Know Where You Come From.

It's While Writing That Suddenly A Point Of View Appears: 'so, That's What I Really Thought About This Thing'. Then It Feels Part Of Me.

Luckily I Haven't Fallen Into The Trap, Which Has Claimed So Many Writers, Of Living From Day To Day Thinking 'ah, I'll Write A Book About That.'