Dictatorship and authentic literature are incompatible. The writer is the natural enemy of dictatorship.

The best thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other ages you've been.

真相很少是纯粹的，也从不简单。

There's a real correlation between a society that tells people that they can do anything, and the existence of low self-esteem. So that's another way in which something quite positive can have a nasty kickback. There is another reason why we might be feeling more anxious --about our careers, about our status in the world today, than ever before. And it's, again, linked to something nice. And that nice thing is called meritocracy.

写作是为沉默者发声，让不可见的事物显现。