Every time I write a new novel about something sombre and sobering and terrible I think, 'oh Lord, they're not going to want to go here'. But they do. Readers of fiction read, I think, for a deeper embrace of the world, of reality. And that's brave.
“Sometimes it works, sometimes it fails, but that's what we face when we're dealing with improvisation.”
“Our sages of blessed memory have said that we must not enjoy any pleasure in this world without reciting a blessing.”