I have always been a rebel.

"It has always seemed strange to me... the things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest, are the traits of success."

The act of writing is an act of survival.

当没有人相信你的时候，你必须相信自己。

 我只向上帝祈求过一次，一句非常简短的祈祷：'上帝啊，让我的敌人变得可笑吧。' 上帝实现了这个祈愿。