One of the biggest problems in literature is the lack of subtlety.
I know what real courage is, and I understand true compassion.
The act of giving voice to this spiritual suffering is, in my view, the sacred duty of the writer.
I write about my region, the countryside in which I grew up.
Loneliness and hunger were my fortunes of creation.
When I write, I try to represent the ordinary person in the pew, which means that, ironically, I'm qualified to write about prayer by being unqualified!