“Dealing with all the questions once the book is out and unchangeable, forces you to permanently give opinions about - in this case - sensible, challenging topics that you are basically only half the expert you would have to be if you wanted to explain yourself in a trustworthy, intelligent and helpful manner.” IfsGivingBookWantedForceChallengesHalfOpinionCasesIntelligentExpertsHelpfulSensibleTopicsTrustworthyUnchangeableExplain Yourself Author:Sasa Stanisic
“Something as radical as a war can only be understood (if at all) through the collaboration of journalists, academia, artists and, of course, people.” PeopleIfsWarArtistCoursesUnderstoodRadicalJournalistCollaborationAcademia Author:Sasa Stanisic
“Instead of giving it [war] a rest I continued pursuing more research, talking to more people on the subject as if I was to please this aftermath of the book by knowledge that was more historical and psychological than literary and aesthetical.” PeopleIfsGivingBookWarTalkingSubjectsPleaseResearchHistoricalPsychologicalAftermath Author:Sasa Stanisic
“Regarding fiction, our concern shouldn't be the author's origin (and of course I am forgetting the sales people right here), because that is actually merely a simplified, almost insulting judgment of the book by its cover - or rather by the name and origin of its author - an act of discrimination if we want to say it in a more provoking way, but at the least an act of ignorance and false empathy.” PeopleIfsWayWantBookCoursesNamesForgetFictionIgnoranceJudgmentEmpathyConcernDiscriminationProvokingInsultingSales People Author:Sasa Stanisic
“I just feel much more secure about whatever I write if I stand with one foot in reality - meaning if the stories I write about have a core of "this actually (could have) happened."” IfsFeelsWritingStoriesRealityHappenedFeetCoreSecure Author:Sasa Stanisic
