“I don't make notes for myself because I either lose them or they make ...” — Aleksandar Hemon Quote

“I don't make notes for myself because I either lose them or they make no sense to me at all. I once found a piece of paper with the note: 'everything.' Apparently I made a note to myself not to forget everything!”

“The trouble with calling a book a novel, well, it's not like I'm writing the same book all the time, but there is a continuity of my interests, so when I start writing a book, if I call it 'a novel,' it separates it from other books.”

“I long for, not a writer's retreat - I can write in any situation - but a reader's retreat.”

“Apparently, despite my awareness of its pejorative connotation, procrastinating is something I fall victim to quite frequently. I'm not proud of it; I'm just being honest.”

“I like to take pictures of my Starbucks cups because, while I don't think my name is that difficult, apparently it is!”

“And apparently things like a Vindaloo curry are out for the rest of my life, or at least a long time.”