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
[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
One thing for sure is it will be written in the Icelandic language. All of my literary work is. — Sjon Language Copy Share Image
Much of my time is taken up by reading, researching and trying out ideas. — Sjon Ideas Copy Share Image
Politics enter dangerous ground, when people proclaim there are simple answers for our complex world. — Sjon Answers 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 Chance 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
“I felt the heat of the animosity they bear towards me, the vindictive nature that drives a man to destroy his neighbour… — Sjón Book 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
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
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
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
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
“And I would have answered: "The knottier the branch, the more twisted and misshapen, the more bent people called it, the harder… — Sjón Life and living 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
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
[ 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
“Fridrik sat many a night by a smoking lamp, translating into Danish descriptions of the latest methods of keeping us poor humans… — Sjon 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
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