Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.

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.

真相很少是纯粹的，也从不简单。

I don’t let mistakes define me, I let them refine me.