I Hate Traveling And Being Away From

I Had An Epiphany: I Was A Loser.

Every Writer Owes Something To A Particular Tradition He/she Grew Up In. But No Serious Writer - Other Than The Militantly Nationalist Ones - Would Reduce His/her Domain Of Influence To A Single Tradition. Furthermore, Historical Breaks Are So Common And Large In Europe That There Are Ruptures In Every Tradition Which Then Connect The Same Generations Across National Borders. Younger Eastern European Writers, For Instance, Have More In Common With Other Writers Of The Same Age In Europe, Than With The Previous, Communist-era Generations In Their Own Countries.

My Skin Was The Border Between The World And Me.

There Is A Point In Fighting. There Is A Point In Struggle. Not Wholesale Revolution, Maybe, That Might Not Be Possible, An Absolutely Just Society, But There Are Plenty Of Spaces And Places Where It's Worth Putting Up A Fight.

Because Sometimes You Have No Control Over Life And It Keeps You Far Away From Who You Love.