"More than the topics, I concern the form of the writing: how the language can say something about itself."

"I stay open to moments. A color, a sentence, a smell: any of these might begin a piece of writing."

"I love experimenting with and blending different forms of art and genres. So you'll find theatrical elements in my audiovisual works and multimedia elements in my stage works."

"I write to depict the reality in my country. My philosophy as a writer is that I write to liberate and enlighten my people."

"I wrote a lot of novels on my iPhone while riding the subway or bus. I write on my iPhone while preparing meals in the kitchen."

"...so far, I'm liking Iowa City a lot: I've been cycling all over it, and the amount of writers you find per square meter is exciting."

While contemporary attention often centers on urban life, I want to explore and illuminate the hidden narratives and solitary lives in rural settings.

"Right now, I'm still dreaming about that something, something that is neither a novel nor a poem."

"I have the full confidence that anything deeply private is completely universal. So I think what is privately Armenian and privately mine is good literature for everyone to read."