The Martin Family - David Foenkinos - book

"I was having trouble writing; I was going around in circles. My characters were making me dizzy with boredom. I thought that any real story would be more interesting. I could go down the street, stop the first person I came across, ask them to offer me some biographical material, and I was pretty sure that would motivate me more than a new invention. That's how things began. I really said to myself: you go down the street, you approach the first person you see, and they will be the subject of your book."