I read a lot of poetry. All types of poetry, but mostly Catalan poetry, because I believe poetry is the essence of language. Reading the classics, be they medieval or contemporary, gives me a stylistic energy that I'm very interested in.
Research is necessary. However, you need to make sure you don't fall into its trap. You need to have time left for writing. To avoid the trap, I just… - Jaume Cabre
Research is necessary. However, you need to make sure you don't fall into its trap. You need to have time left for writing. To avoid the trap, I just…
- Jaume Cabre
Each year, in this world, several languages do die out. There are certain languages that have their survival assured for many years, such as English,… - Jaume Cabre
Each year, in this world, several languages do die out. There are certain languages that have their survival assured for many years, such as English,…
I read a lot of poetry. All types of poetry, but mostly Catalan poetry, because I believe poetry is the essence of language. Reading the classics, be… - Jaume Cabre
I read a lot of poetry. All types of poetry, but mostly Catalan poetry, because I believe poetry is the essence of language. Reading the classics, be…
I'm always reading, and you learn a lot by reading. When I was twenty-five, I read a lot, but didn't have much reading behind me. - Jaume Cabre
I'm always reading, and you learn a lot by reading. When I was twenty-five, I read a lot, but didn't have much reading behind me.
I take all my characters very seriously - the main, secondary, and supporting characters. Even if they only appear once, they still need to have thei… - Jaume Cabre
I take all my characters very seriously - the main, secondary, and supporting characters. Even if they only appear once, they still need to have thei…
What I strive to do is make my characters seem like real people so that the reader experiences them as people - that's something I've been working on… - Jaume Cabre
What I strive to do is make my characters seem like real people so that the reader experiences them as people - that's something I've been working on…
Everywhere you go you find readers who are interested, even though the story takes place here in this very neighborhood. It doesn't matter that it ta… - Jaume Cabre
Everywhere you go you find readers who are interested, even though the story takes place here in this very neighborhood. It doesn't matter that it ta…
The essence of a novelist is to invent things and speak the truth, at the same time. - Jaume Cabre
The essence of a novelist is to invent things and speak the truth, at the same time.
Along the way, about certain things, you realize, "I don't know anything about this." You think, "Is this going to sound ridiculous?" So I pestered m… - Jaume Cabre
Along the way, about certain things, you realize, "I don't know anything about this." You think, "Is this going to sound ridiculous?" So I pestered m…
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