To be a writer is to acknowledge the secret wounds that we carry inside us, the ones that never heal and that define who we are.
成为作家就是要承认我们内心携带的秘密伤口，那些永远不会愈合的伤口，它们定义了我们是谁。
The best stories are those that resonate with our own hidden thoughts.
最好的故事是那些与我们自己隐藏的思想产生共鸣的故事。
Writing is a matter of finding a voice to listen to the voices inside you.
写作就是找到一个声音来倾听你内心的声音。
I don't want to be a tree; I want to be its meaning.
The past is a place of reference, not a place of residence.
Happiness is holding someone in your arms and knowing you hold the whole world.
What literature needs most to tell and investigate today are humanity's basic fears: the fear of being left outside, and the fear of counting for nothing, and the feelings of worthlessness that come with such fears.
当今文学最需要讲述和探究的是人类的基本恐惧：被排斥在外的恐惧，无足轻重的恐惧，以及随之而来的无价值感。
The city is like a great palimpsest, a manuscript that has been written and rewritten over the centuries.
城市就像一张巨大的重写羊皮纸，几个世纪以来被反复书写和重写。
The writer's secret is not inspiration—for it is never clear where it comes from—but stubbornness, endurance.
作家的秘密不是灵感——因为灵感从何而来永远是个谜——而是固执和耐力。
I read a book one day and my whole life was changed.
A writer is someone who spends years patiently trying to discover the second being inside him, and the world that makes him who he is.
作家就是那种花上数年耐心地试图发现自己内心第二个存在的人，以及那个造就了他的世界。
The measure of a good book is determined by how much it disturbs the reader.
一本好书的标准在于它能在多大程度上扰乱读者的心绪。