Roots are not in landscape or a country, or a people, they are inside you.

I don't read thrillers, romance or mystery, and I don't read self-help books because I don't believe in shortcuts and loopholes.

I try to let go of the intellect and just tell the story. I only read the page I have in front of me on the screen. Then when the whole story is told, I print it, wait a week and read it.

When I write fiction, I never try to deliver a message; I just want to tell a story. But I admit that I want the story to be memorable and the characters to touch the reader's heart.

It's going to go away because we all need silence. We all need time to reflect and think. I am not at all pessimistic about this.

The success occurs in a place outside of me, and doesn't touch me on an intimate level. I live in my own skin, I have not changed greatly, I remain the same woman.

I'm interested in people who have to overcome obstacles, people who are not sheltered by the umbrella of the establishment, marginals.