And that's Andrzej Sapkowski in a nutshell. He will do his job and answer every question thrown his way, but he doesn't care if someone doesn't like the answer. Or gets offended by it. But be warned—reading about his opinionated views is different from hearing them in person.

Sapkowski is an entertaining, charismatic guy with the sort of disregard of the banal that a person can only develop with age. And he rarely stops talking. Pair that word avalanche with a strong opinion on most subjects and the controversy must and will follow. But I try to steer the conversation away from it. For a moment, at least.