The function of a writer is to make sense of life. It is such a mystery, it changes all the time, like the light.

Writing is making sense of life.

One can't measure how a mood of confidence comes about.

The solitude of writing is also quite frightening. It's quite close to madness, one just disappears for a day and loses touch.

I never talk about what I'm writing about currently, never. It's private work on your own, no need or obligation to talk about it. Writers are made into performers these days, including myself, but there are some instances in which I will not perform.

Art defies defeat by its very existence, representing the celebration of life, in spite of all attempts to degrade and destroy it.

You can't be afraid to do good in case evil results.