海，海，海。它翻滚着，翻滚着，呼唤着我。进来吧，它说，进来吧。

"The writer's job is to get the main character up a tree, and then once they are up there, throw rocks at them."

The only obsession everyone wants: ‘love.’ People think that in falling in love they make themselves whole? The Platonic union of souls? I think otherwise. I think you’re whole before you begin. And the love fractures you. You’re whole, and then you’re cracked open.

The biggest risk is not taking any risk.

外交需要不断地与其他国家进行对话，以增进相互了解和信任。

我想把美国从恐惧中解放出来。我希望人们害怕真正可怕的事情，比如战争和饥荒，而不是因为邻居有不同宗教信仰就害怕他。