As A Person, I'm Polite - I

I Have A Longing For Fiction - To Try To Believe In It And To Disappear Into It.

Saying What You Believe Others Want To Hear Is, Of Course, A Form Of Lying.

I Think There Are A Lot Of Similarities Between Writing And Music. Music Is Much More Direct And Much More Emotional And That's The Level I Want To Be At When I'm Writing. Writing Is Much More Intellectual And Indirect And Abstract, In A Way.

I Think That The Best Literature Has A Core That You Can't Lock To A Time Or Place But That Can Generate Lots Of Meanings And Translations.

National Identity Is A Motion. It's Something You're Inside, You Don't Get What's Happening, You Can't See It From Above. And That's Where You Have To Write. You Can't See What's Happening Now Or What's Going To Happen, So You Just Dive Into It And Write.