I write to understand what has happened to me, to transform my shame into language.
我写作是为了理解发生在我身上的事,将羞耻转化为语言。
Fashion is a form of imitation and so of social equalization, but, paradoxically, in changing incessantly, it differentiates one time from another and one social stratum from another.
我相信讲故事的力量。它可以改变世界。
生活只能向后理解;但它必须向前生活。
The most important thing in the programming world is to make sure that the software we create is reliable and efficient.
最好的故事是那些与读者自己的经历产生共鸣,触动他们内心深处的东西。
Man will not merely endure: he will prevail.
Reality is not what we see, but what we discover through art.