For me it was a lot harder to come to terms with the death of my grandfather than it was to come to terms with what's happened to the former Yugoslavia.

death should be celebrated...when you put something in the ground you always know where it is

You never know what's going to happen in your life, and you never know what's going to happen in someone else's life either.

I think the mythology of death really ran away with me when I was very young.

I am very interested in place, and the influences of place on characters.

What inspires me most to write is the act of traveling.

When you're in a place, the details you focus on are different than details you focus on when you're writing about it.