The city's poor are like the roots of a tree: unseen, but essential to its survival.

语言是一种自由创造的过程；其法则和原则是固定的，但生成原则的使用方式是自由且无限多样的。

The act of writing is an act of faith—in language, in the reader, in the story itself.

无论什么年龄，人心只会向同样敞开的心敞开。

The applause on stage is my most precious gift.

I can never be safe; I always try and go against the grain. As soon as I accomplish one thing, I just set a higher goal. That's how I've gotten to where I am.

The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.