每个人内心都有一个秘密世界。我是说，世界上所有的人。每个人。无论他们在外面多么乏味和无聊，他们内心都有难以想象的、壮丽的、美妙的、愚蠢的、惊人的世界。不仅仅是一个世界。有数百个。
Everyone has a secret world inside of them. All of the people of the world, I mean. Everybody. No matter how dull and boring they are on the outside, inside them they've all got unimaginable, magnificent, wonderful, stupid, amazing worlds. Not just one world. Hundreds of them.
天赋很重要，但没有努力，它就毫无意义。
The only way to understand another culture is to assume the frame of reference of that culture.
"Writing is a way of exploring the world and understanding ourselves better."
我不是来讨人喜欢的，我是来做自己的。
小说的最终考验是你是否如此关心这些人以至于你想知道他们接下来会发生什么。