One of the many conditions that have to be met for a brain to become a mind, and therefore have consciousness, is 'the analog I' around which all the simultaneous inflow of sensations and stimulations are reflected and organized. Aleksandar Hemon More Quotes by Aleksandar Hemon More Quotes From Aleksandar Hemon Our daughter was born in Chicago, and she's already showing it. The temperature has to be approaching zero for her to wear a hat. Aleksandar Hemon daughter zero mother In the olden days, a memoir was something written by Churchill and people like that, because they had a grand experience and considered it useful for future generations. And then it became what it became - a public purging in which other people have the chance to judge you and then forgive you, perhaps learning something from your sorry example. Aleksandar Hemon judging sorry people Memoir implies the need to reveal something about yourself - to recount your life for educational purposes. Aleksandar Hemon educational purpose needs Your nightmares follow you like a shadow, forever. Aleksandar Hemon nightmare shadow forever For people who are displaced, you can reconstruct the story of your life from the objects you have access to, but if you don't have the objects then there are holes in your life. This is why people in Bosnia - if anyone was running back into a burning house it was to salvage photos. Aleksandar Hemon house running people I like to blur the line between fact and fiction, but not to condescend to the reader by enmeshing her/him into some sort of a postmodern coop. Aleksandar Hemon lines facts fiction When I found myself in the U.S., and the war was at full swing in Bosnia, I read for survival - it was a means of thought resuscitation. Aleksandar Hemon swings war mean I cannot live or write without music. It stimulates the normally dormant parts of my brain that come in handy when constructing fiction. Aleksandar Hemon brain writing fiction I want to make money, and I would like to have a lot of money, but I still believe that the only reason to write is that somehow it will make something or somebody better. Aleksandar Hemon want writing believe In Bosnian, there's no distinction in literature between fiction and nonfiction; there's no word describing that. Aleksandar Hemon bosnians literature fiction I'll take any life in which I can make choices and have agency, and America is not a bad place for all that. Aleksandar Hemon agency choices america I tend to wait for true stories to mature into fiction. Most of my fiction grew out of a long-germinating real-life situation. Aleksandar Hemon real waiting long I end up writing something every day, since I develop six or seven things at the same time - soccer columns, this and that. Aleksandar Hemon six writing soccer I am a writer, which means I write stories, I write novels, and I would write poetry if I knew how to. I don't want to limit myself. Aleksandar Hemon stories writing mean I've been a Nick Cave fan since the early '80s when he was part of The Birthday Party thing singing Australian self-destructive rock band and I've always followed his work and loved it. Aleksandar Hemon rocks party self God knows our despair. God wants His chosen people to live in peace. God loves life, cares less about death. We need to live. I want to live, I want my children to live. Everyone I know wants to live. You have to ask yourself what is more important to you, life is death. What is this world about - life or death? Aleksandar Hemon love-life children people There is a point in fighting. There is a point in struggle. Not wholesale revolution, maybe, that might not be possible, an absolutely just society, but there are plenty of spaces and places where it's worth putting up a fight. Aleksandar Hemon fighting space struggle We dreamt of light, but hoped for darkness. Aleksandar Hemon light darkness Nobody deserves death, yet everybody gets it. Aleksandar Hemon deserve My skin was the border between the world and me. Aleksandar Hemon borders skins world
