The act of giving voice to this spiritual suffering is, in my view, the sacred duty of the writer.
One of the biggest problems in literature is the lack of subtlety.
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!
A writer should bury his thoughts deep and convey them through the characters in his novel.
No person writes to win awards.
A writer should express criticism and indignation at the dark side of society and the ugliness of human nature, but we should not use one uniform expression.