Having a point to start is important. You know that when you decide to write something it's like a commitment. It's like falling in love.

Words are not that important when you recognize intentions.

My writing comes not from the happy moments, but from struggle and grief.

As I travel through life, I gather experiences that lie imprinted on the deepest strata of memory, and there they ferment, are transformed, and sometimes rise to the surface and sprout like strange plants from other worlds. What is the fertile humus of the subconscious composed of? Why are certain images converted into recurrent themes in nightmares or writing?

Real soup is to the body what peace is to the soul.

It's good for a writer to come from journalism because it gives you the tools. A journalist knows that he or she can lose the reader in six lines, so try to keep the attention of the reader. Also, you learn to research, and to conduct an interview - to extract from the person whatever you need from that person.

Cooking can be like foreplay.