I believe strongly in an author's moral responsibility. But his first obligation is to write good books.

I'm a relatively disciplined writer who composes the whole book before beginning to execute and write it. Of course, you can't hold - you cannot imagine a whole novel before you write it; there are limits to human memory and imagination. Lots of things come to your mind as you write a book, but again, I make a plan, chapter, know the plot.

Writing my own diary is the best form of remembrance, but only for my own use. I need these notes; it's like an impulse.

Morality is probably the last thing one can learn from football.

Oscar Wilde always makes me smile - with respect and admiration. His short stories prove that it is possible to be both sarcastic, even cynical, but deeply compassionate. Just seeing the cover of one of Wildes books in a bookshop makes me smile.

My childhood proved to me that there could be no enjoyment of football without community. But it becomes difficult when this community is having problems with its identity. That's when we experience all possible forms of nationalist exaggeration.

I have hired a bodyguard, on the recommendation of my friends and the government. It's outrageous, having to live like this.