The greatest hazard of all, losing one’s self, can occur very quietly in the world, as if it were nothing at all.

I don't want to be labeled as just an R&B artist. I want to be known as an entertainer.

作家的生活是高度脆弱、几乎赤裸的活动。我们不必为此哭泣。作家做出了选择并坚持它。但可以说，你向所有的风敞开，其中一些确实冰冷。你独自一人，处于危险之中。你找不到庇护，没有保护——除非你撒谎——在这种情况下，你当然已经构建了自己的保护，可以说，成为了一个政治家。

Wasn't writing a kind of soaring, an achievable form of flight, of fancy, of the imagination?

The universe speaks in the language of mathematics, and we are its humble interpreters.