RG: My answer here is quite simple. I tend to write in a condensed form: in fragments, in aphorisms, in blocks. For this kind of work you have to be prepared, you have to have certain ideas of what you expect to say (the ���necessity��� element). But then, suddenly, you get inspired, and you are able to ���realize��� your work ���immediately,��� you are able to place the right words in the right time, like in music. That���s the second phase, the writing itself. The third phase is when you already have enough material, and you can ���play��� with it to gradually shape the final structure into which it all fits.

FG: So you���re delineating three steps in your process: preparation, writing/work, and play. Play coming last might surprise some people. Which step is the most difficult for you? How do you deal with that difficulty?

RG: The most difficult is writing itself���what is before it is not too far from what is after it. In that sense there is an ���ecstatic element��� in what I write. And because we can���t experience the ecstatic perpetually, we need to be prepared for it���so later it would help us to recognize what had happened ���inside��� of it. Meanings are usually inherent to what is written, but not always. When they are not, you have to find the ���secondary inherencies��� by structuring the whole material anew. That���s play. But that���s work at the same time.

Interview with R��bert G��l