It's essential not to have an ideology, not to be a member of a political party. While the writer can have certain political views, he has to be careful not to have his hands tied.

We should try to understand our innermost needs. We shouldn't use irony to reduce their power.

My greatest aspiration was always to live in the tropics.

I don't have traceable literary models because I haven't had great literary influences in my life.

I would very much like to become a best-selling author.

I have written every one of my novels to convince somebody of something.

Whenever I write, I'm always thinking of the reader.