With the beginning of life, comes the thirst for truth, whereas the ability to lie is gradually acquired in the process of trying to stay alive.

I believe in science but I also believe in fate.

It's in literature that true life can be found. It's under the mask of fiction that you can tell the truth.

I don't want to be a strong hero who can save society. I just want to save myself.

Observing humans and observing oneself yields a clear-minded starting point for literature.

For me, writing [was] a question of survival...I could not trust anyone, even my family. The atmosphere was so poisoned. People even in your own family could turn you in.

With the beginning of life, comes the thirst for truth, whereas the ability to lie is gradually acquired in the process of trying to stay alive.