Do you think in todays multi media culture that the power of words has been eroded?
No. I was reading a book about writing not that long ago, and it said that humans seem to need stories as much as they need food and drink to survive – and I think this will always remain true. Books should have died years ago, apparently, but you only need to catch the train somewhere to see people of all ages proving that theory wrong. What influences do you think helped form the character of Death? I guess working on it was the main influence. Originally I couldn’t get Death’s voice right because it was too typical. He was macabre and he enjoyed his work too much. It was only when the voice became more vulnerable that I started to really enjoy writing the book. I thought it made sense that Death could be afraid of humans, since he’s on hand to see all of the terrible things we do to each other. Then it would also make sense that he’s telling the story of the book thief to show that humans can be beautiful and selfless and worthwhile. Can you tell us anything about the film of the bo
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