My father could have been deported because on his immigration application he said that he was a printer, obviously because he didn't want them to be checking his writings.
“But inspiration? - That's when you come home from abroad and are asked: Well, have you found inspiration? - and fortunately you haven't. But the impressions sink in, of course, and may emerge later: None of us has invented the house; that was done many thousands of years ago.”
“It's so easy to get caught up in your own experiences. They can seem so important. But there are billions and billions of other experiences going on.”