Herta Muller

What can't be said can be written. Because writing is a silent act, a labor from the head to the hand.

If you live with death threats, you need friends. So you have to risk that they might spy on you.

In Romanian society, I am not particularly well-liked. I don't often receive invitations.

There's a whole bunch of unfinished stuff. Then I've got books of lyrics. I find it frustrating to finish a song and not be able to record it... so I don't write a million songs.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.