Funny, since I am a published author (ah, this feels good), suddenly everybody is giving me books. Not one book, two books – sometimes I am receiving eight books at the time. I put all the books I got in past three weeks on a pile – it is about 1.5m high. This is fantastic! But I wonder how this would be if I were an architect or a jewellery designer….“Here is a villa on
And this is how interesting my book reading was:
“With women it’s always the same. Either you don’t give a damn about them or you’re afraid of them. If you do give a damn, then you must be terrified.”
Frédéric Beigbeder, 99 francs
…. one of my favourite quotes ever. And I am always curious to hear what others think about it….
“You are very interesting to us because you are a fresh name and a fresh face.” Gloria, Croatian best selling weekly yellow magazine. A fresh piece of meat, forget your work.
“I do not think we are going to organise an interview with you on the Catholic Radio.” Publisher˙s marketing manager. There goes the fun…..
“Now you can say you were naked on Zagreb˙s main square!” Lucija, as she has seen my book in a vindow of a bookstore on Jelacic Square.
Information form Croatian daily newspapers: Michel Houellebecq˙s mother wrote an autobiography called “L`Innocente” as the answer to things he has been writing about her in his books. “My son is actually arogant, he is a real parasite and a lier” she said, according to the newspaper. “If he ever mentions me again in his books, he is going to receive such a slap that all his teet are going to drop out.” In his interviews, Houellebecq calls her “old bitch”.
Oh how boring the world would be witout writers!