Bjork is one of my oldest friends so we share the friendship and common roots. That is what we build on when we work together.

The option is always on the table. When we [with Bjork] were starting as creative kids in the Eighties, we found each other. I was 19, she was 16 and a friendship was made.

I do quite extensive research for most of my novels.

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

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

All authors secretly hope that their works will be read in 100 years' time and 200 years, and that they will somehow survive into the future.

[Bob Dylan] builds his lyrics, of course, from personal experience, but it's also a literary work. He draws heavily on his knowledge of American lyric tradition as well as European modernism. But he should let the Nobel Prize Committee know if he is accepting it or not.