写作是一种理解世界的方式。它是一种在混乱中强加秩序的方式。
Writing is a way of making sense of the world. It's a way of imposing order on chaos.
The creative act is not pure. History evidences it. Ideology demands it. Society exacts it. The artist loses his freedom the moment he creates a work of art.
The world is an extremely dangerous, untrustworthy, unreliable place.
You are your best thing.
I always tell my kids, 'If you're going to do something, do it well. And if you're not going to do it well, don't do it at all.'
The improvement of understanding is for two ends: first, our own increase of knowledge; secondly, to enable us to deliver that knowledge to others.