 He would wake up later, in daylight, still at his desk, with his head on his arms.Saint-Exupéry stated it was the only way he could work, as once he started a writing project it became an obsession.Though the story is more or less understandable, the narrator made almost no connection from when the little prince traveled between planets, he purposefully did that so that the book felt like it was told from a secretive little boy.