Every Artist, Writers Included, Have An Ethics

There Has To Be A Kind Of Grassroots Push, A Movement, As It Were, Against The Inherent Isolationism Of American Capitalism As Practiced In The Publishing Industry. There Need To Be Grants And Government Support And A Few Publishers, Mainstream And Independent, Who Are Not Afraid To Challenge American Readership. We Need To Build A Network Of Translators, Publishers And Readers. We Hope That Our Annual Anthology Might Provide An Upsurge In Interest For European Fiction And Then, As We Publish It Every Year, Become A Habit To Many Readers.

Europe Has Never Been A Monolithic Space, It Contains A Lot Of People, A Lot Of Languages And Infinite Supplies Of History. I Didn't Need To Do Anything To Showcase Diversity. It Is A Condition Of Life And Art In Europe, Contained In Every Random Sample.

We Hated Pretentiousness; It Was A Form Of Self-hatred.

I Think It's Interesting, From A Creative Point Of View, To Have Witnessed The Loss Of Consciousness On A National Level And On A Cultural Level - Bush Had 91 Percent Support In The Polls After 9/11. We Wanted To Kick Some Ass!

I'm Not Nervous If I Think About Something For Nine Years And Then I Don't Write It. Even If It Fades It Doesn't Concern Me. It'll Come Back If It's Worth It.