"To be a writer, one must have a certain arrogance, a belief that what one has to say is important enough for others to hear."

I’m not here to be perfect, I’m here to be real.

Traveling is for me a source of rejuvenating vitality.

作家的职责是为不能发声者发声。

Poetry should surprise by a fine excess and not by singularity—it should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts, and appear almost a remembrance.