Writer Between Worlds

“The person who writes books must always be enveloped by a separation from others. That is one kind of
solitude. It is the solitude of the author, of writing. To begin with, one must ask oneself what the silence surrounding one is—with practically every step one takes in a house, at every moment of the day, in every kind of light, whether light from outside or from lamps lit in daytime. This real, corporeal solitude becomes the inviolable silence of writing.”

MARGUERITE DURAS – Writing (1999)