我本质上不是一个政治人物。我不认为作家是，或者应该是政治人物。

我们都有裂痕，那是光照进来的地方。

我并非天生失明，而是在12岁时失去视力，但我从未觉得自己是个受害者。

The novel is a great discovery: far greater than Galileo's telescope or somebody else's wireless. The novel is the highest form of human expression so far attained. Why? Because it is so incapable of the absolute.

我一直知道我会变得富有。我想我从来没有怀疑过这一点。

I don’t care about the past, I care about the future.

We need to reshape our own perception of how we view ourselves. We have to step up as women and take the lead.