I'm still learning my craft.

Every book I've written has been a different attempt to understand something, and the success or failure of the previous one is irrelevant. I write the book I want.

The language of prose is very different than the language of cinema, so the movie has to successfully translate what was in the book.

Any writer will be happy and good only if they know what they're doing and why they're doing it.

I have never knowingly, I swear to God, written satire. The word connotes exaggeration of the foibles of mankind. To me, mankind just has foibles. You don't have to push it!

To me, music is more like a spiritual seeking that takes one to unknown levels.

We are more than just flesh and bones. There's a certain spiritual nature and something of the mind that we can't measure. We can't find it. With all our sophisticated equipment, we cannot monitor or define it, and yet it's there.

I have this typical Ukrainian face. Even people who know my music don't recognize me most of the time, thank God.