Character: Romain Ozorski

Disappointment. Disgust. Impotence. Anger. All these are my internal enemies. I have to keep them in check so they don't take over me.

Occasionally, life surpasses literature in ingenuity.

When I was unhappy, when there was no one to exchange a word with, I had my characters. I knew that some of them were even more unhappy than me. It was far from consolation, more like a sense of brotherhood.

The world has run out of common sense. Not to mention courage.

Day and night, seven times a week, I do not know peace. Everyone torments me: my wife, the publisher, the agent, the tax department, the judicial system, journalists. All those who want me to stop eating meat, not flying on planes, put out my cigarette, limit myself to one glass of wine, eat five fruits and vegetables a day.

With a sigh, I remembered Nabokov, who called his characters convicts, slaves in a world in which he was absolute

This is the story of my whole life, since childhood. Always the same enemy - myself.

A dozen photographers and journalists are bored in front of the dry cleaners: a small fry, a tired and cheerless infantry with a finger on the lens shutter, in the service of vulgarity and obscenity.

I have known for a long time that the artistic world obeys its own laws, but I still underestimated the power of these laws.

Even when there is a good story and good characters, this is not enough for the success of the novel. You still have to be at a point in your life when you manage to get something out of it.

god magic

I am happy to know that most of the time I was in a parallel universe inhabited by imaginary beings whose problems did not let me go day or night.

All people are cut from different matter. Some pose as stars, while they themselves are content with reading texts without making the slightest effort. Others, on the contrary, are trying to lead you in the dance, to change the life trajectory.

The most exciting moment of writing is when your characters gain autonomy and express a desire to do things that you didn't plan.