Börkur Sigurbjörnsson
I get inspired by the buzzing life around me.
It is very rare for me to find the writing spirit while sitting at my desk. I have lived in a wide range of houses and apartments, in six countries and across two continents. Everywhere I am, I get most of my inspiration from outside of the walls of the places I call home.
I've had some of my best ideas while walking along the canals of Amsterdam, in the hills of Tibidabo, along the Thames, in the mountains of Iceland and while floating in the ocean off the coast of Uruguay.
My most fluent writing also takes place outside the home. I write in the squares of Barcelona, in London pubs and in cafés when in Reykjavík and Montevideo.
Planes, trains and buses are also among my favorite environments where I find it easy generate prose. Movement gets my stories going.
Most of the time I bring the characters with me to the place of writing, but sometimes I grab them from the scene, from the next table or as they make their way across the square in front of me.
But, despite the abundant external influence, the core of my inspiration comes from within, from my own memories and experiences, fueled by my own feelings.
It is very rare for me to find the writing spirit while sitting at my desk. I have lived in a wide range of houses and apartments, in six countries and across two continents. Everywhere I am, I get most of my inspiration from outside of the walls of the places I call home.
I've had some of my best ideas while walking along the canals of Amsterdam, in the hills of Tibidabo, along the Thames, in the mountains of Iceland and while floating in the ocean off the coast of Uruguay.
My most fluent writing also takes place outside the home. I write in the squares of Barcelona, in London pubs and in cafés when in Reykjavík and Montevideo.
Planes, trains and buses are also among my favorite environments where I find it easy generate prose. Movement gets my stories going.
Most of the time I bring the characters with me to the place of writing, but sometimes I grab them from the scene, from the next table or as they make their way across the square in front of me.
But, despite the abundant external influence, the core of my inspiration comes from within, from my own memories and experiences, fueled by my own feelings.
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