We Dreamt Of Light, But Hoped For

Writing Is A Mode Of Agency In The World That Is Different From Mere Employment. There Has To Be Some Sort Of Ethical Or Moral Drive, Even If You Are Unaware Of It.

You Devise Ways To Tell A Story That Complies With Your Sensibility. Style And Method Are Really Extensions Of Your Present Sensibility.

I've Never Meditated For A Moment In My Life. I Don't Know How It Works. But One Of The Things You Have To Do To Put Yourself In The Meditating Mode Is Stop Narrating Yourself To Yourself.

I Have Two Homes, Like Someone Who Leaves Their Hometown And/or Parents And Then Establishes A Life Elsewhere. They Might Say That They're Going Home When They Return To See Old Friends Or Parents, But Then They Go Home As Well When They Go To Where They Live Now. Sarajevo Is Home, Chicago Is Home.

You Have To Suspend Thinking In Narratives. The Moment You Are Conscious Of Yourself The Gap Opens Up. And In This Gap, Stories Are Generated.