I always tell my kids, 'If you're going to do something, do it well. And if you're not going to do it well, don't do it at all.'

杰夫·贝索斯接受了莱克斯·弗里德曼的播客采访

The best songs come from real emotions and experiences.

我们都被过去所困扰，过去总是存在的。

I want the reader to feel something is astonishing. Not the 'what happens,' but the way everything happens. These long short story fictions do this best, for me.

A great novel is one that changes the way you see the world.