"The wound is the place where the light enters you."

The art of the novel is to create a world that is more real than reality itself.

The writer isn't made in a vacuum. Writers are witnesses. The reason we need writers is because we need witnesses to this terrifying century.

Mental activity is the organism's dialogue with its environment.

"Books are the ultimate Dumpees: put them down and they’ll wait for you forever; pay attention to them and they always love you back."

写作是为无声者发声。