"Writing is a way of making sense of the world, of finding patterns in the chaos."

It was like when you make a move in chess and just as you take your finger off the piece, you see the mistake you’ve made, and there’s this panic because you don’t know yet the scale of disaster you’ve left yourself open to.

You have to be patient with yourself and trust the process.

作家被委派去宣告和庆祝人类已被证明的伟大心灵和精神——在失败中的英勇，勇气，同情和爱。在对抗软弱和绝望的无尽战争中，这些是希望和效仿的明亮旗帜。

真正的作家永远站在权力的对立面。