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““Balderdash, I say, let the sword turn into an adder and the adder a salmon and the salmon a birch twig and birch twig a sword and the sword a tongue...Let it all run together so swiftly that it cannot be separated again...””

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I do quite extensive research for most of my novels.

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All authors secretly hope that their works will be read in 100 years' time and 200 years, and that they will somehow survive into the future.

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[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…

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One thing for sure is it will be written in the Icelandic language. All of my literary work is.

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Much of my time is taken up by reading, researching and trying out ideas.

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Politics enter dangerous ground, when people proclaim there are simple answers for our complex world.

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I will just take the chance that the language will still be relevant in 100 years, which is something we cannot take for granted…

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Bjork is one of my oldest friends so we share the friendship and common roots. That is what we build on when we work…

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“I felt the heat of the animosity they bear towards me, the vindictive nature that drives a man to destroy his neighbour in a…

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I have to face questions like, "Do I simply write the best text I possibly can? Do I specifically engage with contemporary issues? 'Do…

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I have seen the universe! It is made of poems!

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