Writing is always a voyage of discovery.

As writers, we are exploring the mystery, the mystery of existence.

From Ernest Hemingway's stories I learned to listen within my stories for what went unsaid by my characters.

If you live in Europe . . . things change . . . but continuity never seems to break. You don't have to throw the past away.

it's impossible to conquer all fear and loss by preparation. There are always sources of desolation that aren't taken into account because no one knows what they will be.

I'm a candle flame that sways in currents of air you can't see. You need to be the one who steadies me to burn.

Writers themselves don't analyze what they do; to analyze would be to look down while crossing a canyon on a tightrope.