Art is a way of surviving.

艺术家必须是神秘的守护者。

我不相信运气，我相信准备遇上机会。

Success in life means doing that thing than which nothing else is more dear to you.

艺术家必须是不可见之物的舞者。

You know what it’s like to wake up in the middle of the night with a vivid dream? And you know that if you don’t have a pencil and pad by the bed, it will be completely gone by the next morning. Sometimes it’s important to wake up and stop dreaming. When a really great dream shows up, grab it.

The task of the writer is to confront the chaos of existence and to find some kind of order within it.