Teaching is a good distraction, and I am in contact with young people, which is very gratifying.

Tardiness in literature can make me nervous.

I locate that special problem in a character and then try to understand it. That's the genesis of all my work.

Kafka truly illustrates the way the environment oppresses the individual. He shows how the unconscious controls our lives.

I felt the need to tell stories to understand myself.

My stories are very somber, so I think I need the comic ingredient. Besides, life has so much humor.

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