People are suspicious of single men on vacation, after they get to a certain age: they assume that they're selfish, and probably a bit pervy. I can't say they're wrong.

The great advantage of a novel is you can put in whatever comes into your head - it has the same shape as the human brain.

Why am I popular? I don't know. Is it a mistake? I should think it's a mistake somewhere.

I'd say that the question whether love still exists plays the same role in my novels as the question of God's existence in Dostoevsky.

Those who think they know me are simply lacking in information.

There is no point in asking me general questions because I am always changing my mind.

Adolescence is not only an important period in life, but that it is the only period where one may speak of life in the full sense of the word.