I think that becoming a parent kind of made me try to be more responsible. And it made me much more stressful.

When I started writing my stories, I thought that not only nobody outside my language, but nobody outside my neighbourhood would get them.

I often give this metaphor where I say that writing short fiction is like surfing, while writing a novel is like navigating with your car. So when you navigate with your car, you want to get somewhere. When you surf, you don't want to get somewhere, you just don't want to fall off your board.

Often in writing programs, articulation and clarity are more important than what you actually say.

I think that becoming a parent kind of made me try to be more responsible. And it made me much more stressful.

Life keeps being a beautiful and frustrating experience.

I write what needs to be written the way that seems genuinely right. If what comes out of it are stories, then it is my vocation to believe in them and in the fact that they'll interest people and maybe affect their lives.