“The beauty of literature - also its limit - is that it is inescapably personal, even if you're writing science fiction.” IfsWritingLiteratureFictionLimitsScience Fiction Author:Aleksandar Hemon
“The funny thing is that in Bosnia there are no words that are equivalent to fiction and nonfiction. From the storytelling point of view, the difference is artificial.” DifferencesViewsFictionPoint Of ViewStorytellingNonfictionArtificialFunny ThingsBosniaFiction And Nonfiction Author:Aleksandar Hemon
“What fiction and art can do, particularly narrative art, is construct consciousness - in a sense, we have to do it for the first time, every time.” FirstsArtCan DoConsciousnessFictionArt IsFirst TimeNarrativeConstructsNarrative Art Author:Aleksandar Hemon
“I like to blur the line between fact and fiction, but not to condescend to the reader by enmeshing her/him into some sort of a postmodern coop.” FactsLinesFictionReaderBlurPostmodernFact And Fiction Author:Aleksandar Hemon
“I tend to wait for true stories to mature into fiction. Most of my fiction grew out of a long-germinating real-life situation.” LongRealStoriesWaitingFictionSituationGrewReal LifeMatureTrue Story Author:Aleksandar Hemon
“In Bosnian, there's no distinction in literature between fiction and nonfiction; there's no word describing that.” LiteratureFictionDistinctionNonfictionDescribingFiction And NonfictionBosnians Author:Aleksandar Hemon
“I cannot live or write without music. It stimulates the normally dormant parts of my brain that come in handy when constructing fiction.” WritingBrainFictionHandyDormantWithout Music Author:Aleksandar Hemon
