{"id":860,"date":"2025-07-31T09:21:48","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T07:21:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/laurentchani.com\/?page_id=860"},"modified":"2025-09-14T13:46:47","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T11:46:47","slug":"quotes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/laurentchani.fr\/en\/citations\/","title":{"rendered":"Quotes"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/laurentchani.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/big-daddy-13-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/laurentchani.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/big-daddy-13-1-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"A science fiction novelist dressed in a Roman toga delivers a speech to an audience, holding an open book like an ancient orator\" class=\"wp-image-853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/laurentchani.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/big-daddy-13-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/laurentchani.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/big-daddy-13-1-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/laurentchani.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/big-daddy-13-1.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">As the words go by, the author has noticed that he uses a significant number of <strong>quotes<\/strong> in his writing project. He has already listed more than a hundred of them. They always appear at the right time, fitting naturally into the flow of sentences and fully nourishing his <strong>creative process. <\/strong>Out of curiosity, he wanted to understand them more: to probe their deep meaning, beyond the simple sequence of words, to situate their <strong>literary context<\/strong>, identify the authors who forged them and determine since when they have been part of the <strong>everyday language<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-query is-content-justification-center is-layout-constrained wp-block-query-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:0;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:0\"><ul class=\"alignfull wp-block-post-template is-layout-flow wp-container-core-post-template-is-layout-b377334a wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1146 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-citations category-pourquoi-ecrire category-psycho-miroir\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-9bc6ff26 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><h2 style=\"margin-bottom:0;\" class=\"wp-block-post-title has-x-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/laurentchani.fr\/en\/rendre-a-cesar-ce-qui-est-a-cesar\/\" target=\"_self\" >Render unto Caesar what is Caesar&#039;s<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<figure style=\"width:150px;height:150px;\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/laurentchani.fr\/en\/rendre-a-cesar-ce-qui-est-a-cesar\/\" target=\"_self\"  style=\"height:150px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/laurentchani.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/@Big-Daddy-64-P.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Render unto Caesar what is Caesar&#039;s\" style=\"border-radius:14px;height:150px;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/laurentchani.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/@Big-Daddy-64-P.jpg 512w, https:\/\/laurentchani.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/@Big-Daddy-64-P-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/laurentchani.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/@Big-Daddy-64-P-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt has-small-font-size\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Interview with Robert, the Psycho-Mirror Robert: I&#039;m in a good position to observe you. And I&#039;ve noticed that you have a habit of citing your sources. Laurent: Indeed, it&#039;s a habit I&#039;ve had forever, I think. Robert: I&#039;d even say it&#039;s pathological, in your case. Laurent: It&#039;s possible. I&#039;ve always thought it was important to... <\/p><\/div>\n\n<a class=\"wp-block-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/laurentchani.fr\/en\/rendre-a-cesar-ce-qui-est-a-cesar\/\" target=\"_self\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Rendre \u00e0 C\u00e9sar ce qui est \u00e0 C\u00e9sar<\/span><\/a>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1315 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-citations category-processus-decriture category-uncategorized\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-9bc6ff26 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><h2 style=\"margin-bottom:0;\" class=\"wp-block-post-title has-x-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/laurentchani.fr\/en\/ecrire-cest-10-dinspiration-et-90-dhuile-de-coude\/\" target=\"_self\" >Writing is 10% inspiration and 90% elbow grease<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<figure style=\"width:150px;height:150px;\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/laurentchani.fr\/en\/ecrire-cest-10-dinspiration-et-90-dhuile-de-coude\/\" target=\"_self\"  style=\"height:150px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/laurentchani.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/big-daddy-20-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Writing is 10% inspiration and 90% elbow grease\" style=\"border-radius:14px;height:150px;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/laurentchani.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/big-daddy-20-1.jpg 512w, https:\/\/laurentchani.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/big-daddy-20-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/laurentchani.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/big-daddy-20-1-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt has-small-font-size\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">The quote &quot;Writing is 10 % of creativity and 90 % of elbow grease&quot; expresses a truth often obscured by the romantic image of the inspired writer. We like to imagine the author seized by a dazzling idea that imposes itself on him as obvious. Yet anyone who has faced the blank page knows that inspiration is not\u2026 <\/p><\/div>\n\n<a class=\"wp-block-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/laurentchani.fr\/en\/ecrire-cest-10-dinspiration-et-90-dhuile-de-coude\/\" target=\"_self\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Ecrire c&rsquo;est 10% d&rsquo;inspiration et 90% d&rsquo;huile de coude<\/span><\/a>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Au fil des mots, l\u2019auteur a constat\u00e9 qu\u2019il recourt \u00e0 un nombre important de citations dans son projet d\u2019\u00e9criture. Il en a d\u00e9j\u00e0 r\u00e9pertori\u00e9 plus d\u2019une centaine. Elles surgissent toujours \u00e0 point nomm\u00e9, s\u2019ins\u00e9rant avec naturel dans le flux des phrases et nourrissant pleinement son processus cr\u00e9atif. Par curiosit\u00e9, il a voulu les cerner davantage [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":853,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-860","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"blocksy_meta":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/laurentchani.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/big-daddy-13-1.jpg",512,768,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/laurentchani.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/big-daddy-13-1-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/laurentchani.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/big-daddy-13-1-200x300.jpg",200,300,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/laurentchani.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/big-daddy-13-1.jpg",512,768,false],"large":["https:\/\/laurentchani.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/big-daddy-13-1.jpg",512,768,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/laurentchani.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/big-daddy-13-1.jpg",512,768,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/laurentchani.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/big-daddy-13-1.jpg",512,768,false],"trp-custom-language-flag":["https:\/\/laurentchani.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/big-daddy-13-1-8x12.jpg",8,12,true],"mailpoet_newsletter_max":["https:\/\/laurentchani.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/big-daddy-13-1.jpg",512,768,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Laurent CHANI","author_link":"https:\/\/laurentchani.fr\/en\/author\/laurentchojnowski970fe415b2\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Au fil des mots, l\u2019auteur a constat\u00e9 qu\u2019il recourt \u00e0 un nombre important de citations dans son projet d\u2019\u00e9criture. Il en a d\u00e9j\u00e0 r\u00e9pertori\u00e9 plus d\u2019une centaine. Elles surgissent toujours \u00e0 point nomm\u00e9, s\u2019ins\u00e9rant avec naturel dans le flux des phrases et nourrissant pleinement son processus cr\u00e9atif. Par curiosit\u00e9, il a voulu les cerner davantage&hellip;","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/laurentchani.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/laurentchani.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/laurentchani.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laurentchani.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laurentchani.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=860"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/laurentchani.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/860\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4050,"href":"https:\/\/laurentchani.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/860\/revisions\/4050"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laurentchani.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/laurentchani.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}