Surround yourself with people who challenge and inspire you.

I don’t want to be compared to anyone. I want to make my own history.

I don’t ask writers about their work habits. I really don’t care. Joyce Carol Oates says somewhere that when writers ask each other what time they start working and when they finish and how much time they take for lunch, they’re actually trying to find out, ‘Is he as crazy as I am?’ I don’t need that question answered.

你不必被过去做过或没做过的事情定义。