Interview by Mark Griffith journalist with Anita Kricsfalvi, writer, 01/25/2025
How one becomes a writer?
Noone is born as such, I guess, and even though it is possible and also important to study techniques in writing, but I think, one simply becomes a writer as you say, if feeling this call to write, which is obviously inspired by his or her experiences. Having said that, in my case, given that I did not become a baroque composer, that would have meant the same creativity for me, the only way I can best express my thoughts and impressions is by writing…
Copyright lawyer and attorney for 25 years, tourism expert with a postgraduate degree that was made into practice in developing an ecohotel project at Nógrád castle in Hungary, construction of Zenterasz restaurant and its management for 10 years and novel writing… Quite a colourful career…Are all these experiences useful or used in your writing?
Yes, I have had a wide range of business and work experience so far, I have done many things in Hungary and in Italy, also a lot of projects on my own risk that is not very trendy to do nowadays, but very useful though to get to know yourself, so I am happy to have done them all, and happy to have stopped doing some of them at a certain point. These activities added to and inspired my writing, but it is rather the other way round: my open minded, analytical and provocative thinking by default that help me in my activities and as a consequence also in writing, but in creativity you use something else, a part behind your mind, beyond your rational thinking: an invisible hand that is moving your pen that you do not keep under control, and that makes the difference between writing a novel or eg a document in a court case that is also creative but in another way…
As a lawyer, you gain experience and you improve concentrating yourself on the core of any situation or problem, the same helps in writing to convey better your thoughts and to write in a few words, or in long sentences where needed. I believe that dramaturgy needs variations, a novel is also like a CPE Bach cello concerto with its crescendos and decrescendos, not to talk of Schubert, my other favourite composer who was great master of musical dramaturgy…
You love, listen and understand classical music, does it help you in writing?
Yes, I am addicted to classical music, and mainly to baroque music, to composers like Couperin, CPE Bach, and also some romantic musicians, and in general to the Hungarian classical radio, named after Bartók. It is both a very high quality, educating and inspiring radio channel, and as one of my favourite conductors Riccardo Muti mentioned, quality, classical music is the medical treatment we need more and more, the pill we should take on a daily basis…