In Invisible there's a lot about childhood, the death of the brother and then the relationship between the brother and sister.

He knew that his wings could ignite at any moment, but the closer he came to touching the fire, the more he sensed that he was fulfilling his destiny. As he put it in his journal that night: If I mean to save my life, then I have to come within an inch of destroying it.

For one reason or another, I became a passionate reader when I was very little. As soon as I could read, I wanted to read.

No one can cross the boundary into another -- for the simple reason that no one can gain access to himself

The truth of the story lies in the details.

When a person is lucky enough to live inside a story, to live inside an imaginary world, the pains of this world disappear. For as long as the story goes on, reality no longer exists.

I thought, "Well, I'm writing about early childhood, so maybe it would make sense to write about late childhood as well, early adulthood." Those were my thoughts, and this was how this crazy book [Winter Journal] was composed. I've never seen a book with pictures like at the end, pictures related to things you've read before.