The novel is a lie that tells the truth, a lie that reveals reality more profoundly than the factual truth.

Every performance is a new opportunity to touch someone’s heart.

"The truth is rarely pure and never simple."

"We are all the authors of our own lives, but we are also the characters in someone else's story."

The best way to predict the future is to create it.

我是个失败的诗人。也许每个小说家最初都想写诗，发现自己做不到后尝试短篇小说——那是仅次于诗歌要求最高的形式。连这个也失败了，他才会转向长篇小说。