Writing is like having a dangerous affair.
It's a sensual urge, like dating someone who's very attractive,
uncompromising, who waits for you.
Sometimes, you hesitate.
Sometimes, you have the courage to approach.
The courage to bare yourself,
to become one with your character,
to mix your thoughts with his.
To write that later, he may be alone in his room with his blank page,
and all the horses or violins of imagination may gallop with him,
and who cares that, the horses may be nags or the violins out of tune.
- Bonjour tristesse