When I write, I never know the endings. What I think works in [my] stories is the fact that when I write, I really want to find out what is going on-I'm writing for myself as a reader. It's like when you dream a dream. I want to know what's behind the door. If I navigate, it's from a place that's totally intuitive.

It's funny, but I think my stories - the good ones - they're much smarter than I am.

I think there are some artists whose works are misanthropic.

I was first introduced to Kafka's writing during my compulsory army-service basic training. During that period, Kafka's fiction felt hyperrealistic.

When my books were translated, it was always about the characters, because the unique language aspect was lost in translation.

Generally, all my life, I have had strong friction with life - I was a problematic soldier, I was kicked out of the army, I was in fights. There was something about writing that was a way of experimenting with this emotion.

Sometimes the stories are smarter than me, and suddenly these things start to make sense.