[ Bob Dylan] should let the Nobel Prize Committee know if he is accepting it or not. He will not be the first one who declines the prize for political or personal reasons. He should just tell them.

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

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

Paul Beatty for "The Sellout" sounds like a relevant story for our times. It's playful, uses deep thought and seems to be taking advantage of everything literature can do when tackling difficult issues.

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

One thing for sure is it will be written in the Icelandic language. All of my literary work is.

A great number of tourists have been flocking Iceland and those numbers are growing every year. That also raises questions like "How do we receive people?" and "How do we present our country?"