My books are not 'political.' I don't make political demands. They actually describe life. But when we look at human life, politics… — Olga Tokarczuk Copy Share Image
Reading English novels I always adore the ability to write without fear about inner psychological things that are so delicate. — Olga Tokarczuk Copy Share Image
I like to come back to the science fiction of Stanislaw Lem. He is comforting but also funny, and although I know… — Olga Tokarczuk Copy Share Image
When we talk about books, we rarely talk about the economic side of writing, especially of writing literary works, and that, at… — Olga Tokarczuk Copy Share Image
If your country is wiped off the map and your language is banned, if your literature has to serve a cause, it… — Olga Tokarczuk Copy Share Image
Polish literature can be interesting to the world. I'm happy to be the trailblazer. — Olga Tokarczuk Copy Share Image
The English book world is relatively closed to translation, so only a small amount of foreign language work can come in. — Olga Tokarczuk Copy Share Image
I believe in a kind of literature which makes clear that, at a deeper level, below the surface, we are tied together… — Olga Tokarczuk Copy Share Image
There is no official censorship in literature, but I feel a certain fear when I see that a kind of self-censorship is… — Olga Tokarczuk Copy Share Image
A novel should tell a story, be a pleasure to read, and at the same time it should be thought-provoking, even a… — Olga Tokarczuk Copy Share Image
Novels can change attitudes. Maybe we should speak quietly otherwise politicians will use novels as propaganda. — Olga Tokarczuk Copy Share Image
I decided to write a crime novel. That genre was at the height of its popularity in Poland, so I thought it… — Olga Tokarczuk Copy Share Image
Well-written novels make you more empathetic towards other people. You can identify with someone who isn't you. You can change your identity.… — Olga Tokarczuk Copy Share Image
I write books to open people's minds, to present new perspectives, to make people realize that what they think is obvious is… — Olga Tokarczuk Copy Share Image
The world is a fabric we weave daily on the great looms of information, discussions, films, books, gossip, little anecdotes. — Olga Tokarczuk Copy Share Image
I think I always have many ideas for books in my head. It's like a forest full of mushrooms. Some are big,… — Olga Tokarczuk Copy Share Image
I create doubt in the reader's mind. That is what literature is for: to provoke, to raise doubts, to talk about things… — Olga Tokarczuk Copy Share Image
I believe in literature which ties people together, that highlights what people have in common, despite the differences - color, sexual orientation,… — Olga Tokarczuk Copy Share Image
Sometimes I wonder how my life would have worked out if my books had been translated into English sooner, because English is… — Olga Tokarczuk Copy Share Image
The views I have, the books I write, are read as political, or even as manifestos. — Olga Tokarczuk Copy Share Image
My books are not 'political.' I don't make political demands. They actually describe life. But when we look at human life, politics creeps in… — Olga Tokarczuk Copy Share Image
Reading English novels I always adore the ability to write without fear about inner psychological things that are so delicate. — Olga Tokarczuk Copy Share Image
“Držim, naime, da je ljudska psiha stvorena da nas obrani od sagledavanja istine. Da nam ne dopusti izravno sagledati mehanizam. Psiha je naš obrambeni… — Olga Tokarczuk Copy Share Image
I try to do my job and be a decent person, and a decent person has the courage to face what is not necessarily… — Olga Tokarczuk Copy Share Image
I dream of Poland becoming a modern society that is defined not by the crippling nature of history, but by our individual achievements, a… — Olga Tokarczuk Copy Share Image
How we think about the world and - perhaps even more importantly - how we narrate it have a massive significance, therefore, a thing… — Olga Tokarczuk Copy Share Image
In a healthy, normal society, people can disagree with one another, even have diametrically opposing views, and this does not at all mean that… — Olga Tokarczuk Copy Share Image
“Nekoliko dana mi je jako nedostajao – njegova kozmetika u kupaonici i čak njegove prazne šalice čaja koje je ostavljao po cijeloj kući. Svakodnevno… — Olga Tokarczuk Copy Share Image
I believe absolutely that words must be treated as material weapons, every invective or threat as violence and aggression. — Olga Tokarczuk Copy Share Image
