The novel is a form of exploration, a way of understanding the world and our place in it.

I will never put my name on a product that does not have in it the best that is in me.

"What's terrible is to pretend that second-rate is first-rate. To pretend that you don't need love when you do; or you like your work when you know quite well you're capable of better."

我们必须通过文学来理解我们的历史。