The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.

一个好故事应该让你笑，让你哭，让你等待。

I'm not trying to be the next anybody. I'm trying to be the first me.

Fiction is a lie covering up a deep truth.

The greatest predictor of a novel's quality is the novelist's willingness to confront the unlovely truth about himself or herself.

The world is a place of chaos and confusion, and the only way to make sense of it is to find your own path through it.