Europe is a rapidly changing place, on every level. Immigration, post-communist transitions, the unification, steady presence of war and conflict, the inescapable challenges to the notion of national literature/culture-it all exerts pressure upon writers who must be aware of the transformational possibilities of the situation.

God knows our despair. God wants His chosen people to live in peace. God loves life, cares less about death. We need to live. I want to live, I want my children to live. Everyone I know wants to live. You have to ask yourself what is more important to you, life is death. What is this world about - life or death?

Memoir implies the need to reveal something about yourself - to recount your life for educational purposes.

To me there's no difference between a book of stories and a novel - they're just slightly different shapes.

My country's main exports are stolen cars and sadness.

Belief and delusion are incestuous siblings.

The more you lose, the more is to be lost, yet it matters less.