To write, paint, to do something, you need to get your hands dirty.

“I think good narrative comes from observing the world and what happens inside yourself. The opportunity to move in and out of two realities, your inner world and the world outside of you, is what I find fascinating about writing. If you just want to tell stories, there are other ways, other media, to do so.”

“For example, one of the most important characters in the novel (Umami), for me, is Linda, the mother of the girl who dies. She doesn't speak in the novel, but everyone has an opinion about her. And in a way, their opinions are all true. We're all like that, we're all many different people.”

Laia Jufresa/ BOMB Magazine

http://bombmagazine.org/article/5523912/laia-jufresa