Man is the creator of his destiny, not its slave.

我不过是一个女人。作为一个女人，我没有谋生的办法，不能赚钱养活我和我的家人。即使我拥有财富，但那不属于我。如果我和我的丈夫结婚，我的财富将归属于他。如果我么有孩子，我的财富将归属于我的孩子，不是我。所以请不要坐在那里告诉我婚姻不是一个经济命题，因为它的确就是。

The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.

I don't believe in failure. It's not failure if you enjoyed the process.

The truth is rarely pure and never simple.

The art of living is to know when to hold fast and when to let go.

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.