Writing is a way of bearing witness.
A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us.
我不是为孩子写作,我是为人写作。
要读得好,必须成为一个发明家。既有创造性的阅读,也有创造性的写作。
——1996年5月29日在哈佛大学演讲
We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us.
心灵是一个不断适应的过程。