Writer

I found Leonora Carrington's 'The Hearing Trumpet' really funny.

My books are not 'political.' I don't make political demands. They actually describe life. But when we look at human life, politics creeps in everywhere.

Well-written novels make you more empathetic towards other people. You can identify with someone who isn't you. You can change your identity. A 14-year-old boy can become Anna Karenina. It is a miracle.

A novel should tell a story, be a pleasure to read, and at the same time it should be thought-provoking, even a bit instructive.

I tell stories and try to do it honestly so that people are interested and enjoy them.

I found that traveling on my own created a different state of mind because when you travel with your partner or a friend there is an endless tendency to exchange information, feelings and associations.

Education, school should prepare us not to morally judge everyone, but to be able to find our own truth in this world of various points of view.

Reading English novels I always adore the ability to write without fear about inner psychological things that are so delicate.

I adore Stanley Kubrick, all of his films were different, not just in subject but tonally.

The views I have, the books I write, are read as political, or even as manifestos.

Polish culture has always had a strong anti-Semitic undercurrent. There has been awful persecution.