But Monika herself is also a wonderful woman. For I gaze in astonishment at the notes I made during the interview. And that for most of the time we were remembering embarrassing incidents. They were sitting at the same table, signing books. Finally a woman came up to say how much she had enjoyed Wonderful Women by the Water, which had just appeared in German, and asked for her autograph.
Writing is an exploration.
Naturally it speaks of absence, the attempt to approach something that is hidden, to throw light on what we do not see. On what cannot be explained by psychology, human existence. I want to cast light on the parts of existence that are not available to reduction. It is not a question of a journey to a paradise that lies behind language, of some deeper connection between words and the world than the agreed meanings of language. But it is a question of a journey.