Literature Interviews | The Talks

Inspirational Conversations

Rolex is proud to support The Talks as they continue to feature inspirational conversations with the creative icons of our time.

Alice Sebold

Alice Sebold“I'm not hammering at it like a nail”

Bret Easton Ellis

Bret Easton Ellis“You can’t lie anymore”

Chuck Palahniuk

Chuck Palahniuk“You can’t just be a spectator”

Dennis Lehane

Dennis Lehane“It’s a question of interest”

Don Winslow

Don Winslow“I like being scorned”

Irvine Welsh“Failure is more interesting”

Jonathan Lethem

Jonathan Lethem“Be a dark horse!”

Jonathan Safran Foer

Jonathan Safran Foer“You have to waste a lot to have a little”

Kazuo Ishiguro

Kazuo Ishiguro“I’ll take as long as I need”

Lily King

Lily King“You don’t know until you start writing”

Maja Lunde

Maja Lunde“I never start with a message”

Nick Hornby

Nick Hornby“You can wait forever for the muse”

Rachel Kushner

Rachel Kushner“There’s this lens over life”

Salman Rushdie

Salman Rushdie“The curse of an interesting life”

Sheila Heti

Sheila Heti“My life only changes when a book is done”

Stewart O’Nan

Stewart O’Nan“It’s not just dots on a page”

T.C. Boyle

T.C. Boyle“We are animals”

Yann Martel“You have to open yourself”