If you can still write in spite of the fact that you're not getting paid, that nobody cares about what you're writing, that nobody wants to publish it, that everybody is telling you to do something else, and you still want to and you still enjoy it and you can't stop doing it...then you're a writer.

I am fascinated by how people eat and what it reveals about them.

A named thing is a tamed thing.

Anything based on ancient texts is difficult for a modern reader to get their head around.

It isn't just a village. The houses aren't just places to live. Everything belongs to everybody. Everyone belongs to everyone else. Even a single person can make a difference.

Some things can be both real and imaginary at the same time, . . . some lies can be true, . . . broken faith may be restored.

I think everybody has a secret life.