Belief And Delusion Are Incestuous Siblings.

The Way I Think Of My Work Is That I Have To Think Up The Way To Tell A Story, Starting From Scratch. The Changes In The Industry Concern Me In A General Way Because I Think Civilization Is Doomed.

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.

There Are Many Things I Think About That Never Get To The Point Of Becoming Serious. In Other Words, I Try To Talk Myself Out Of Writing, Sometimes For Many Years, And When I Run Out Of Arguments, I Write.

We Dreamt Of Light, But Hoped For Darkness.

I Resist When Someone Calls Me A Novelist: It Implies Some Kind Of Inherent Superiority Of The Novel. I'm Not A Novelist, I'm A Writer.