In a novel, my feelings and sense of outrage can find a broader means of expression which would be more symbolic and applicable to many European countries.

As a writer, I've always been interested in others.

personally I don't trust literature that soothes people's consciences.

I was born in the Second World War during the Nazi invasion of my country.

It's very useful when politicians have doubts because there are so many choices to be made in the world.

In a novel, my feelings and sense of outrage can find a broader means of expression which would be more symbolic and applicable to many European countries.

I vividly remember the stories my grandfather told me about the carnage of the First World War, which people tend to forget was one of the worst massacres in human history.