There are many things behind a good novel, but in particular there is a lot of work - a lot of patience, a lot of stubbornness, and a critical spirit.

Its easy to know what you want to say, but not to say it

Once upon a time, there was a boy who learned to read at the age of 5. This changed his life. Owing to the adventure tales he read, he discovered a way to escape from the poor house, the poor country, and the poor reality in which he lived.

It is rare and almost impossible for a novel to have only one narrator.

Journalism has been very important for me - for a long time I made my living as a journalist, and it also serves as a source of ideas. Many of the things I have written I would not have written without the experience of being a journalist.

But what do I have? The things I'm told and the things I tell, that's all. And as far as I know, that never yet made anyone fly.

No matter how ephemeral it is, a novel is something, while despair is nothing.