“I like the idea of a book being a democratic space which readers enter, carrying their own thoughts, and participate in a conversation, or experience of grace.” BookIdeasSpaceGraceReaderConversationDemocratic Author:Aleksandar Hemon
“Whatever solidarity I have established with other writers individually, it is usually organized around books. We connected as readers, as it were, not writers.” BookReaderConnectedOrganizedSolidarity Author:Aleksandar Hemon
“To me, the solidarity of readers is far more important than the solidarity of writers, particularly since readers in fact find ways to connect over a book or books, whatever they may be.” WayMayImportantBookFactsReaderSolidarity Author:Aleksandar Hemon
“It was always clear to me that I would have to earn my readers, some I would have to find, some to create.” ClearReader Author:Aleksandar Hemon
“No reader owes me anything - I am owed nothing for my noble efforts, because my writing was always unconditional, always coming out of inner necessity.” WritingEffortReaderNobleComing OutUnconditional Author:Aleksandar Hemon
“I hate traveling and being away from my family. But I like meeting my readers, as what I write is actualized in them. Those encounters are exhilarating to me.” WritingHateReaderMy FamilyI HateMeetingsEncountersExhilarating 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 long for, not a writer's retreat - I can write in any situation - but a reader's retreat.” WritingLongI CanSituationReaderRetreat Author:Aleksandar Hemon
