But if I worried too much about publishers' expectations, I'd probably paralyze myself and not be able to write anything.
But I remember the moment when my father died. I wasn't a very committed Catholic beforehand, but when that happened it suddenly all felt so obvious: I now believe religion is our attempt to find an explanation, for us to feel more protected.
We in the west are seen as godless, as greedy and as uncaring about the suffering of those in the developing world.

