I cannot and do not live in the world of discretion, not as a writer, anyway. I would prefer to, I assure you—it would make life easier. But discretion is, unfortunately, not for novelists.

"I don't believe in luck. I believe in hard work."

写作是一种存在于世界的方式，一种理解它的方式。

The best decisions are made when you combine data with human intuition.

"The challenge of biography is not just to record, but to illuminate."