"A writer's duty is to tell the truth, even when it is uncomfortable or inconvenient."

The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.

I think it's really important to have a strong sense of self and to know who you are and what you want.

The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.