I don’t think of myself as a classical artist or a pop artist. I just think of myself as an artist.

I don’t ask writers about their work habits. I really don’t care. Joyce Carol Oates says somewhere that when writers ask each other what time they start working and when they finish and how much time they take for lunch, they’re actually trying to find out, ‘Is he as crazy as I am?’ I don’t need that question answered.

小说是个人的艺术形式。

我只是一个试图在世界上找到自己位置的女孩。

"I can resist everything except temptation."

阅读优秀文学作品是学会自由的最佳途径。

Our responsibility isn't just to produce food, but to nourish communities while honoring the resources that make it possible.