The number one organ of ridicule, nowadays, is the newspaper. If you open the newspaper any day of the week, it's full of people who've messed up their lives. They've slept with the wrong person, taken the wrong substance, passed the wrong piece of legislation -- whatever it is, and then are fit for ridicule. In other words, they have failed. And they are described as "losers." Now, is there any alternative to this? I think the Western tradition shows us one glorious alternative, which is tragedy.

文学的本质是捕捉人类经验的瞬息万变，并通过文字赋予它们永恒性。

我是一个女权主义者，我为此感到自豪。

There's no such thing as a neutral image in our visual culture.

真相很少是纯粹的，也从不简单。