We rely too much on the people we share our lives with. We hold them responsible for things they are not even aware of. We start blaming them.

When you read a novel, you know what to expect because you've been reading novels for a long time.

I've been writing most of my life; it's just something I do.

We rely too much on the people we share our lives with. We hold them responsible for things they are not even aware of. We start blaming them.

I don't have any doubts that I need writing. I need it personally because this is the way I think.

As a child, all you see is that adults are not playing. Adults are not talking too much. Adults don't want to relate to each other.

Literature is about getting in touch. It sounds so hippie, but it really is about sharing stuff. We are a community that doesn't seem to be important for the rest of society, but we are people who want to get in touch - really in touch. We want to be thinking together.