Much of my time is taken up by reading, researching and trying out ideas.

Much of my time is taken up by reading, researching and trying out ideas.

I usually leave Reykavik for two to three weeks to go to the South Coast of Iceland where I have a small fisherman's hut from the beginning of the last century. That's where I sit down and do the actual writing. I might write for 16 hours a day or something. That's how it happens.

I followed the launch of the library with Margaret Atwood and then David Mitchell. I just sat quietly at home secretly envying them. Then just over a month ago she asked me if I would like to be the third author to join the library.

I'm not one of those writers who writes everyday.

[Bob Dylan] is a worthy laureate for the Nobel Prize.

Politics enter dangerous ground, when people proclaim there are simple answers for our complex world.