Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.

I don’t do things for the reaction or the criticism. I live for what makes me happy.

不要让别人意见的噪音淹没了你内心的声音。

我们男人要是娶到了应得的女人，日子可就难过了。

I cannot and do not live in the world of discretion, not as a writer, anyway. I would prefer to, I assure you—it would make life easier. But discretion is, unfortunately, not for novelists.

I used to think the world was broken down by tribes. Then I thought it was broken down by rich and poor. Then I thought it was broken down by stupid and smart. But I know now that it is broken down by people who are alive and people who are dead.