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To create a new standard, you have to be up for that challenge and really enjoy it.

I accept challenges, I have always done that in writing.

I love a challenge, and I think it's when people least expect you to do something that you often do your best.

It's important to set challenges that you're not sure you're equal to.

No, I don't make my work in order to challenge or confuse other people's expectations - I only do what I find natural.

I'm about challenging people. Like, properly challenging them and their assumptions.

I definitely challenge people. But hopefully, I am working harder than anybody else, and so people won't resent the fact that I want them to work hard, as well.

Without sounding pompous, I really do feel that I have a set of standards that I must adhere to, even leaving aside considerations of what the readers expect.

I don't imagine myself, my work, or my life, fitting into any kind of standardized path. In fact, the idea of there even being a standard freaks me out a lot.