The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.

I'm the worst thing since Elvis Presley.

I was poor white trash, no glitter, no glamour. But I had a dream, and I made it.

"The difference between reality and fiction? Fiction has to make sense."

"Every novel is a mirror held up to society's face - sometimes it reflects beauty, more often it shows the cracks we try to ignore."

作家是专业的观察者。

文学是社会的镜子，反映它的美与丑，希望与恐惧。