Literature is the art of giving form to chaos.

The chief beauty about time is that you cannot waste it in advance. The next year, the next day, the next hour are lying ready for you, as perfect, as unspoiled, as if you had never wasted or misapplied a single moment in all your life. You can turn over a new leaf every hour if you choose.

写作是一种治疗方式；有时我好奇那些不写作、不作曲、不绘画的人是如何逃脱人类处境中固有的疯狂、忧郁、恐慌和恐惧的。

身份资本是我们个人资产的集合。它是我们随着时间的推移积累的个人资源库。这些是我们对自己的投资，我们做得足够好或足够长的事情，它们成为我们是谁的一部分。