I write what I see; I paint what I am.

Usually, I am a compulsive person, and I need - sometimes urgently - to paint... Painting is close to poetry, is a kind of poetry expressed visually. It has to be spontaneous, rapid - at least in my case.

My writing and my paintings do not have a direct connection in my mind. But I am sure they influence each other in the measure that everything we do is linked to whatever we are, which includes whatever we have done or are doing.

I am not much of a researcher as a novelist; I write mainly from experience.

I see myself as a bit of a traveller. I am a workaholic.

When I see a dolphin, I know it's just as smart as I am.