"The act of writing is an act of optimism. You would not take the trouble to do it if you felt it didn't matter."

Liberal democracy may constitute the "end point of mankind's ideological evolution" and the "final form of human government."

Pain can be a form of knowledge.

"I write about people who are desperate, who are on the edge, who have no other options."

世俗的君子，如果他很穷你却说他很富，他就会发怒；如果他不义你却说他有义，就很高兴。