Goodreads asked Christoph Fromm:

What’s the best thing about being a writer?

Christoph Fromm To me, writing means to observe the world. Principally humans. Every human being is a whole universe. One could write a monumental work about his world of thought, his unconciousness, his entanglements, his ambivalence, his hopes and fears. I always start with the character. Starting from the character the whole story emerges with its twists and turns, its arcs of suspense.

Writing means to me to be close to reality, to pour it into the page through my own subjective filter. Writing means freedom. One needs nothing but a sheet of paper and a pencil. With those you can create an immortal work. One should never forget that.

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