When I was a child, I grew up speaking French, I mean, in a French public school. So my first contact with literature was in French, and that's the reason why I write in French.

I grew up in a Mauritian bubble in France... I had the feeling of not belonging, but still living with French culture.

I want to do public speaking and cause campaigning. I want to write a book.

I failed public speaking in grade school, 'cause I was so nervous and scared.

If I examine the circumstances which inspired me to write - and this is not mere self-indulgence, but a desire for accuracy - I see clearly that the starting point of it all for me was war.

I don't care what they call me as long as they mention my name.