“The problem of telling contemporary history is that your message gets outdated.”

“The whole story of migration and what that has done in interconnecting the planet is obviously something I've written about a lot.”

“Self-censorship is a lie to yourself; if you are going to be trying to seriously create art, to create literary art, and you decide to hold back, to censor yourself, then you are a fool to y...”

“Most of what matters in our lives takes place in our absence.”

“Memory's truth, because memory has its own special kind. It selects, eliminates, alters, exaggerates, minimizes, glorifies, and vilifies also; but in the end it creates its own reality, its...”