I was not born blind, I became blind at the age of 12, but I never felt like a victim.

Writing is a way of making sense of the world. It's a way of imposing order on chaos.

You can't change your elephant by direct force, but you can train it over time.

2003年：贝索斯致股东信《寄希望于通过为客户提供最大的价值，从而创造更长远的利润》

Literature is the most powerful form of empathy.

"I don't think that literature should be a moral institution."

"The first draft is just you telling yourself the story."

"We all have an unsuspected reserve of strength inside that emerges when life puts us to the test."