I don't tackle major global events. I don't like to read about something - an event, a cataclysm - in fiction for the sake of reading it.

I recently discovered the work of Giorgio Manganelli, who wrote a collection called 'Centuria,' which contains 100 stories, each of them about a page long. They're somewhat surreal and extremely dense, at once fierce and purifying, the equivalent of a shot of grappa. I find it helpful to read one before sitting down to write.

I'm the least-experimental writer. The idea of trying things just for the sake of pushing the envelope, that's never really interested me.

Jhumpa Lahiri Quotes