Something about writing needs a sort of distance not to be involved as a writer - just something that makes it easier to write. You have to make choices all the time - what to tell and what not to tell. Lena Andersson More Quotes by Lena Andersson More Quotes From Lena Andersson I need a distance to my characters when I write. Lena Andersson i-write write need distance The main motivation was to explore the empire's falling. I mean 'Duck City' is like an allegory for the Western Empire or the United States. And I was thinking what happens when it falls and declines like the Roman Empire. Lena Andersson city like motivation thinking When you go further and further into starvation you chose yourself, your mind becomes totally obsessed with not eating. It's like a religion where everything is sinful, and there is a heaven at the end where you are thin and don't need energy anymore. Lena Andersson yourself you mind religion