"Writing is a way of making sense of the world, even when it doesn't make sense."

The power of words lies in their ability to evoke emotions.

挡在一个人和他想要的生活之间的唯一东西是尝试的意愿和相信可能的信念。

The writer must be a free being, even if it costs him everything.

The basis of shame is not some personal mistake of ours, but the ignominy, the humiliation we feel that we must be what others want us to be.