"No. I have run away from a lot of publicity. I have tried my best to come back to my desk again. I needed a peaceful …"

"Humans will not hesitate to lay down their own lives to rescue a child who had fallen onto the train tracks, yet are …"

"I don’t see a single concept of ‘national’ or ‘literature’. Rather, I’ve always been fascinated by language. I enjoy …"

"Writing is a way of questioning for me. I don’t try to find an answer, but to complete the question, or to stay withi…"

"For me, to write is to endlessly question what is life, what is death, what am I. When I write, especially when I’m w…"

"I spent the autumn and winter of 2014 in Warsaw. Every day walking the unfamiliar streets of that city, tenaciously r…"

"When I retired a couple of years ago and decided to get certified teaching, I told myself that I would want to help o…"

"This is a threat to my life."

"Those in hospitals are people in need of help, not additional burden. A simple show of kindness and proper behavior f…"

"Every time I’m with them (family), they always ask me questions about my work, so I have to remind them that I’d rath…"