I Like Dark Subject Matter. I'm Not

A Family Has Its Own Rituals And Its Own Superstitions.

My Mother Always Says That Fear And Pain Are Immediate, And That, When They're Gone We're Left With The Concept, But Not The True Memory.

For Me It Was A Lot Harder To Come To Terms With The Death Of My Grandfather Than It Was To Come To Terms With What's Happened To The Former Yugoslavia.

In Terms Of People That I Know, My Grandmother And My Mother Are Huge Influences On My Writing Life Because They Are Both Massively Supportive And Always Have Been Of My Career.

Being Taken Seriously, For A Young Writer, Is A Wonderful Form Of Encouragement, But At The Same Time, I Don't Think One Should Ever Feel Like Attempting A Kind Of Artistic Endeavor Is Beyond Your Scope Just Because Of Age Or Inexperience.