To be a writer is to have a certain kind of sensitivity to the world, to be able to see what others do not see, to hear what others do not hear.

有些崇拜我的人常常说我的头脑几乎有一只篮子那么大，不过他们不肯说出这只篮子的尺寸。

To define is to limit.

文学没有边界，通过它我们可以旅行到其他世界并了解其他文化。

The things that make us human are the things that make us vulnerable.

There is more than one kind of freedom... Freedom to and freedom from. In the days of anarchy, it was freedom to. Now you are being given freedom from. Don't underrate it.

一个好的剪辑师知道什么时候保持一个镜头，什么时候剪掉。