To keep on going, you have to keep up the rhythm.

What we see before us is just one tiny part of the world. We get in the habit of thinking, this is the world, but that's not true at all. The real world is a much darker and deeper place than this, and much of it is occupied by jellyfish and things.

Writing is fun - at least mostly. I write for four hours every day. After that I go running. As a rule, 10 kilometers (6.2 miles). That's easy to manage.

Team sports aren't my thing. I find it easier to pick something up if I can do it at my own speed. And you don't need a partner to go running, you don't need a particular place, like in tennis, just a pair of trainers.

Reality was utterly coolheaded and utterly lonely.

Everytime you see a flood like that on the news you tell yourself: That's it. That's my heart.

I'm not a fast thinker, but once I am interested in something, I am doing it for many years.