Much of my time is taken up by reading, researching and trying out ideas. — Sjon History Copy Share Image
I will just take the chance that the language will still be relevant in 100 years, which is something we cannot take… — Sjon 100 years Copy Share Image
All authors secretly hope that their works will be read in 100 years' time and 200 years, and that they will somehow… — Sjon Books Copy Share Image
Bjork is one of my oldest friends so we share the friendship and common roots. That is what we build on when… — Sjon Common Copy Share Image
Politics enter dangerous ground, when people proclaim there are simple answers for our complex world. — Sjon Answers Copy Share Image
The option is always on the table. When we [with Bjork] were starting as creative kids in the Eighties, we found each… — Sjon Creative Copy Share Image
One thing for sure is it will be written in the Icelandic language. All of my literary work is. — Sjon Icelandic Copy Share Image
Paul Beatty for "The Sellout" sounds like a relevant story for our times. It's playful, uses deep thought and seems to be… — Sjon Advantage Copy Share Image
I have to face questions like, "Do I simply write the best text I possibly can? Do I specifically engage with contemporary… — Sjon Can do Copy Share Image
Katie Paterson introduced the project [ Future Library ] to a handful of writers at a very fine international literary festival in… — Sjon Denmark Copy Share Image
[Bob Dylan] builds his lyrics, of course, from personal experience, but it's also a literary work. He draws heavily on his knowledge… — Sjon Accepting Copy Share Image
Now 10 percent of this population [in Iceland] of 330,000 people were born elsewhere - Polish, North Africans, Europeans, Americans - people… — Sjon Born Copy Share Image
I usually leave Reykavik for two to three weeks to go to the South Coast of Iceland where I have a small… — Sjon Century Copy Share Image
“I felt the heat of the animosity they bear towards me, the vindictive nature that drives a man to destroy his neighbour… — Sjón Animosity Copy Share Image
“And I would have answered: "The knottier the branch, the more twisted and misshapen, the more bent people called it, the harder… — Sjón Knots Copy Share Image
What literature brings to our times is always the fact that literature refuses to bring any simple or easy answers. — Sjon Answers Copy Share Image
A great number of tourists have been flocking Iceland and those numbers are growing every year. That also raises questions like "How… — Sjon Country Copy Share Image
“Fridrik sat many a night by a smoking lamp, translating into Danish descriptions of the latest methods of keeping us poor humans… — Sjon Lay Corpses Copy Share Image
[ Bob Dylan] should let the Nobel Prize Committee know if he is accepting it or not. He will not be the… — Sjon Accepting Copy Share Image
“Balderdash, I say, let the sword turn into an adder and the adder a salmon and the salmon a birch twig and… — Sjón Life Copy Share Image
I followed the launch of the library with Margaret Atwood and then David Mitchell. I just sat quietly at home secretly envying… — Sjon Books Copy Share Image
![“The option is always on the table. When we [with Bjork] were starting as creative kids in the Eighties, we found each other. I was 19, she was 16 and a friendship was made.” quote by Sjon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/fe5/sjon-22692_creative_the-option-is-always-on-the-table-when-w_1808330.jpg)
![“Katie Paterson introduced the project [ Future Library ] to a handful of writers at a very fine international literary festival in Denmark at the Louisiana Museum, I sent her an e-mail when I got back to Iceland, saying, "It's a wonderful project.” quote by Sjon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/3fe/sjon-22692_denmark_katie-paterson-introduced-the-project-fu_1879081.jpg)
![“[Bob Dylan] builds his lyrics, of course, from personal experience, but it's also a literary work. He draws heavily on his knowledge of American lyric tradition as well as European modernism. But he should let the Nobel Prize Committee know if he is accepting it or not.” quote by Sjon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c28/sjon-22692_accepting_bob-dylan-builds-his-lyrics-of-course-fr_224146.jpg)
![“Now 10 percent of this population [in Iceland] of 330,000 people were born elsewhere - Polish, North Africans, Europeans, Americans - people are coming from all over. It is still changing society in a good way.” quote by Sjon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/448/sjon-22692_born_now-10-percent-of-this-population-in-ice_2017785.jpg)
![“[Bob Dylan] is a worthy laureate for the Nobel Prize.” quote by Sjon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/3ce/sjon-22692_bob_bob-dylan-is-a-worthy-laureate-for-the-n_2345282.jpg)
![“[ Bob Dylan] should let the Nobel Prize Committee know if he is accepting it or not. He will not be the first one who declines the prize for political or personal reasons. He should just tell them.” quote by Sjon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/bc8/sjon-22692_accepting_bob-dylan-should-let-the-nobel-prize-com_2705570.jpg)
