I don't have a constituency, and I'm not autobiographical in any way. I write these deeply moral books in a country which would prefer irony to anything with a moral tone.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I think I would explode in flames of irony if I were to option an idea that I was satirizing in a novel.
There are elements of irony in my work, of course.
My book has a very simple surface, but there are layers of irony and paradox all the way through it.
Irony is one of my favorite aspects of life.
I'm crushed by the responsibility of writing a satirical book.
I have wit in my work and a sense of humor, but I do not use irony in any way.
I'm most interested in finding the strangeness and irony in reality. That's my forte.
I think that the idea that I'm writing for many more people than I ever imagined has created a certain general responsibility that is literary and political. There's even pride involved, in not wanting to fall short of what I did before.
I write autobiographically, although I apply liberal amounts of poetic license.
Irony, I feel, is a very high form of morality.