You Don't Need To Use The Language

When My Books Were Translated, It Was Always About The Characters, Because The Unique Language Aspect Was Lost In Translation.

I Write What Needs To Be Written The Way That Seems Genuinely Right. If What Comes Out Of It Are Stories, Then It Is My Vocation To Believe In Them And In The Fact That They'll Interest People And Maybe Affect Their Lives.

Collaborating With Your Wife Is Amazing Because You Are Doing Something Together With A Person You Truly Love And Know And Discover Things About Her In That Process Which You Have Never Had Discovered On Other Circumstances.

I Have To Admit That Talking Authoritatively About My Students' Stories Can Make Me Feel, At Times, Like An Astronaut Who Has Just Landed On A New Planet And Insists On Giving Guided Tours To Its Inhabitants.

I Tried Once In My Life To Write A Novel. I Had Written Something Like 80 Pages Of It When My Laptop Got Stolen. When I Told People This, They Acted As If Something Tragic Had Happened, But I Kind Of Felt Relieved, Grateful To The Thief Who Saved Me From Another Year Of Something That Felt More Like Homework Than Fun.