In Bosnian, there's no distinction in literature between fiction and nonfiction; there's no word describing that.

In Bosnian, there's no distinction in literature between fiction and nonfiction; there's no word describing that.

Your nightmares follow you like a shadow, forever.

We apply the language that is comforting and comfortable and familiar in order to grasp that which confuses and scares us. That is the first step toward cliché and stereotype, as they're comforting devices. They reduce the confusing world to the already familiar. We're always smoothing out the bumps of actual living to turn it into narratable life.

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!

New York is the Hollywood of the publishing industry, complete with stars, starlets, suicidal publishers/producers, intrigues, and a lot of money.

Language is so inherent to humanity, so necessary for even basic thinking, that stories and poetry are available to anyone who can process language.