You could drown a kitten in her blue eyes.

The only way to write about right now is to write about the future.

Silence has been destroyed, but also the idea that it's important to learn how another person thinks, to enter the mind of another person. The whole idea of empathy is gone. We are now part of this giant machine where every second we have to take out a device and contribute our thoughts and opinions.

If you stop thinking, if you stop wondering, you die.

My first book really did change my life. It allowed me to fully express myself. There was a sense that I was worth something as an artist.

You want to read a book? That requires introspection. It requires time away from people and time away from the constant need to communicate and to connect.

If I still lived in Russia, I'd be dead... or a really effective oligarch.