Freedom is not the same as lack of accountability.

I had the feeling that if I encountered anyone they would intuit my disgrace and would judge me instantly. Nothing is more isolating than having a particular history. At least that's what I thought. Now I know: all pain is the same. Only the details are different.

But I remember being told that the truth does not depend on being believed.

As human beings, we have the blessing and the curse that we're able to adapt to almost anything. No matter how extreme the circumstances you're in, they become normal.

Poetry and prose are of equal importance to me as a reader, and there doesn't seem to be much difference in my own writing.

The war came to me in my dreams and showed me its sole purpose: to go on, only to go on.

I think a diversity of expression can only be good, so I think the more that people write about their experience, use their imagination to deal with their experience, you know, I think that's going to be good for not only for those authors but also for people who are interested in trying to understand it.