Eat Sleep Write With Adam Scull

Beautiful Riddle was written as, slowly, Pierre recounted to Bérénice the events of the ten years he had spent by Suzy’s side. "It was like pulling teeth," she says. "Getting Pitou to open his heart was a painful, if cathartic, experience. Having watched him as he spoke, I feel certain that this is the true story of what happened to them.... at least, to the extent of Robert Evan's definition of 'the truth.' Bob once said: 'There are three sides to every story: my side, your side and the truth. And no one is lying. Memories shared serve each one differently.' I thought of that as I wrote.”