The world is so unpredictable. Things happen suddenly, unexpectedly. We want to feel we are in control of our own existence. In some ways we are, in some ways we're not. We are ruled by the forces of chance and coincidence.

The writer must be a traitor to all orthodoxies.

新自由主义是这样一种意识形态：它声称别无选择，同时确保别无选择。

A painting must be beautiful in itself, not because it represents something beautiful.

The best way to predict the future is to create it.

I stand up for what I believe in, and a lot of the time that can be against the grain.

Paranoia is just another word for ignorance.