The best teacher is the one who suggests rather than dogmatizes, and inspires his listener with the wish to teach himself.

I like crossing the imaginary boundaries people set up between different fields—it's very refreshing.

I cannot and do not live in the world of discretion, not as a writer, anyway. I would prefer to, I assure you—it would make life easier. But discretion is, unfortunately, not for novelists.

最终，我们记住的不是敌人的话语，而是朋友的沉默。