愛とは、相手を理解しようとすることだ。
爱是试图理解对方。
"To be a novelist is to be interested in what other people aren't interested in."
建筑中最重要的东西是创造一种地方感。
The city is like a great palimpsest, a manuscript that has been written and rewritten over the centuries.
每个数学问题都有一个解决方案;有时只是需要时间去找到它。
"Writing is an act of courage, a way to confront the chaos of existence."
钢琴是我的安全地带,在那里我可以完全做自己。