“It’s so important to read widely.” | 8 writers share their advice

Описание: “It’s so important to read widely.” Over the years, the world’s most prominent writers have shared their advice to aspiring writers with us. Meet Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Ocean Vuong and six other significant writers in this compilation.

“You cannot become a general if you’re not a corporal, surgeon, or lieutenant before. So go step by step,” says the late Umberto Eco in his advice from 2015. Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie emphasises the importance of reading. American writer Lorrie Moore says, "Be free, but don’t be casual. Be free, be deep.”

Ocean Vuong shares the perspective of being a young, queer writer himself: “I wanted to know all the rules because the rules are like the guardrails on the highway. And I think for so many queer folks, after a while, you realise that this road was never made with me in mind.”

Colm Tóibín, Claire-Louise Bennett, Mario Vargas Llosa and Jonathan Franzen also appear in the video with their thoughts on writing.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie was interviewed by Synne Rifbjerg in 2022, Ocean Vuong by Caspar Eric in 2022, Umberto Eco by Tonny Vorm in 2015, Lorrie Moore by Elisabeth Skou Petersen in 2024, Colm Tóibin by Elanor Wachtel in 2024, Claire-Louise Bennet by Caroline Albertine Minor in 2022, Mario Vargas Llosa by Christian Lund in 2019 and Jonathan Franzen by Marc-Christoph Wagner in 2016.

Camera: Jakob Solbakken, Simon Wehye, Rasmus Quistgaard and Klaus Elmer
Produced and edited by Roxanne Bagheshirin Lærkesen
Copyright: Louisiana Channel, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, 2025

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