Language is so inherent to humanity, so necessary for even basic thinking, that stories and poetry are available to anyone who can process language.
Aleksandar HemonWe 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 clichรฉ 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.
Aleksandar HemonI want to make money, and I would like to have a lot of money, but I still believe that the only reason to write is that somehow it will make something or somebody better.
Aleksandar HemonI long for, not a writer's retreat - I can write in any situation - but a reader's retreat.
Aleksandar Hemon