“A painter must never be satisfied with what he sees—painting reality means surrendering to it,” — Saša Stanišić Artist Copy Share Image
“...there's not enough of anything to go around except people and death.” — Saša Stanišić Death Copy Share Image
Never too late to learn a language. And the good literature to come with it. — Sasa Stanisic Books Copy Share Image
Europe is not becoming more unified - well, yes, on paper - but not as long as the criteria for so many… — Sasa Stanisic Becoming Copy Share Image
I just feel much more secure about whatever I write if I stand with one foot in reality - meaning if the… — Sasa Stanisic Core Copy Share Image
“If only I were a magician who could make things possible. I'd give objects the gift of defiance: banisters, gramaphones, guns, the… — Saša Stanišić Magic Copy Share Image
Something as radical as a war can only be understood (if at all) through the collaboration of journalists, academia, artists and, of… — Sasa Stanisic Academia Copy Share Image
“The French always make our sort happy because, like us, they know how to love, they're just as good at playing the… — Saša Stanišić Accordion Copy Share Image
“...someone ought to invent a tool, a kind of plane to shave the lies away from stories and deception away from memories.… — Saša Stanišić Lies Copy Share Image
The reason for writing that essay was less a personal agenda than an attempt to explain my unease with the general label… — Sasa Stanisic Agendas Copy Share Image
“The dead are lonelier than the living ever can be. They can't hear each other through coffins and the earth…When I die… — Saša Stanišić Life Copy Share Image
I also did a great amount of writing while doing research. It gave me the opportunity to meet and talk to people… — Sasa Stanisic Amount Copy Share Image
Regarding fiction, our concern shouldn't be the author's origin (and of course I am forgetting the sales people right here), because that… — Sasa Stanisic Book Copy Share Image
By trying to give an artistic approach through my book I stepped unwillingly into other fields. Like a dentist being asked about… — Sasa Stanisic Ache Copy Share Image
Given that the label "immigrant literature" is already established, unavoidable for anyone with a migrant background and used in any given context,… — Sasa Stanisic Absurd Copy Share Image
“If I were a magician who could make things possible, I'd have lemonade always tasting as it did on the evening Francesco… — Sasa Stanisic Magician Copy Share Image
For example, an author whose parents fled a war but he himself was born in the country where they fled to, and… — Sasa Stanisic Book Copy Share Image
Missing someone, they say, is self-centered. I self-center you more than ever. — Sasa Stanisic Centered Copy Share Image
Writing about a war will always be political writing, no matter what amount of hermetical hide-and-seek or aesthetical operations are involved. — Sasa Stanisic Amount Copy Share Image
Instead of giving it [war] a rest I continued pursuing more research, talking to more people on the subject as if I… — Sasa Stanisic Aftermath Copy Share Image
It can stand in the way of narration in cases where we want the protagonist to actually go through some kind of… — Sasa Stanisic Cases Copy Share Image
“The water can't turn back and choose another bed, just as promises now cannot be kept. No drowned man comes up again… — Saša Stanišić First place Copy Share Image
It just seemed to me so utterly wrong to credit someone's work just for the fact that this someone migrated from one… — Sasa Stanisic Artist Copy Share Image
Dealing with all the questions once the book is out and unchangeable, forces you to permanently give opinions about - in this… — Sasa Stanisic Answer Copy Share Image
A book is not only written - after it's finished it starts writing you, the writer. You become its notebook, its sheet… — Sasa Stanisic Book Copy Share Image
“I'm against endings. I'm against things being over. Being finished should be stopped! I am Comrade-in-Chief of going on. I support furthermore… — Saša Stanišić Endings Copy Share Image
“I know the word "incompetent" from my father. He uses it when there's something political on TV, or when he and Uncle… — Saša Stanišić Incompetence Copy Share Image
FAQ regarding my book were not about my use of commas or how the images went berserk, but about the political situation… — Sasa Stanisic Argument Copy Share Image
It is a bit more challenging for the simple fact that now the stories I am writing are relying more on my… — Sasa Stanisic Approach Copy Share Image
“If I were a magician who could make things possible, then pictures could talk while we painted them. If I were a… — Saša Stanišić Magic Copy Share Image
“Grandpa, I haven't remembered all your stories, but I've written a few of my own adn as soon as the rain stops… — Saša Stanišić Writing Copy Share Image
“A good story, you'd have said, is like our river Drina: never calm, it doesn't trickle along, it is rough and broad,… — Saša Stanišić First place Copy Share Image
By changing the way I experienced things, even just involving different details than in reality, I often felt I was betraying the… — Sasa Stanisic Asks Copy Share Image
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