Happiness is holding someone in your arms and knowing you hold the whole world.
What literature needs most to tell and investigate today are humanity's basic fears: the fear of being left outside, and the fear of counting for nothing, and the feelings of worthlessness that come with such fears.
当今文学最需要讲述和探究的是人类的基本恐惧：被排斥在外的恐惧，无足轻重的恐惧，以及随之而来的无价值感。
The city is like a great palimpsest, a manuscript that has been written and rewritten over the centuries.
城市就像一张巨大的重写羊皮纸，几个世纪以来被反复书写和重写。
The writer's secret is not inspiration—for it is never clear where it comes from—but stubbornness, endurance.
作家的秘密不是灵感——因为灵感从何而来永远是个谜——而是固执和耐力。
I read a book one day and my whole life was changed.
A writer is someone who spends years patiently trying to discover the second being inside him, and the world that makes him who he is.
作家就是那种花上数年耐心地试图发现自己内心第二个存在的人，以及那个造就了他的世界。
The measure of a good book is determined by how much it disturbs the reader.
一本好书的标准在于它能在多大程度上扰乱读者的心绪。