When I was young, when I started to write, we were totally convinced that literature was a kind of weapon.
I don't accept the idea that literature can be just entertainment and that there is no consequences of literature in the real world.
I couldn't imagine any other way of living, outside of books, outside my work. Which doesn't mean I am not interested in other things, of course - I am interested in many things. But the center, the crux, is always literature.
I have been always fascinated and seduced by history, which I think is very close, very close to literature.
