If a writer manages to be fascinating about his own....

“ If a writer manages to be fascinating about his own novels, then there are only two possibilities: either he is merely voicing out loud what he wrote in his book, and he is a parrot; or he is explaining interesting things that he didn't discuss in his book, in which case the book in question is a failure since it does not live up to its claims. ”

Amélie Nothomb

From : Hygiène de l'assassin