are subtle, difficult to see or to capture. But a poem stands or falls on these rhythms. To what extent is your work an expression of your personality, sense of humour and world-view, or is fiction not about expressing the author as an individual? I honestly don't know. I just want to write good books. I want people to think that they are well written, not to go searching for me in my books. If there are readers who think that something I've written is all right, then I've succeeded. If all they take away from the book is a sense of what kind of a person I am, then that's a failure. In theory, I'd rather be anonymous. If I could create things that people enjoy, and take pleasure in that without attention, that would be great. There would be no need to say who wrote them, or who they belonged to. I have reservations about the capitalist commandment that 'private property is inviolable,' and about individualism. Universal principles like these are not applicable to achievements on the level of culture. Artistic wealth should be owned and enjoyed by all humankind. Once a work is finished, its link with the author is only needed to ensure copyright and royalties. There is no need to demand any other kind of connection. ?