Literature is the art of discovering something extraordinary about ordinary people, and saying with ordinary words something extraordinary.

The strength of liberal democracy lies in its ability to self-correct and reform.

To understand a culture, one must first understand its language.

To try to write love is to confront the muck of language: that region of hysteria where language is both too much and too little, excessive and impoverished.

每一件艺术品都是向观者提出的一个问题。