我是女权主义者，但我认为浪漫对我这一代人来说已经有点被剥夺了。我认为人们在小说中与之联系的是这种压倒性的、无所不包的爱的想法——它比其他任何事物都更重要和特别。
I'm a feminist, but I think that romance has been taken away a bit for my generation. I think what people connect with in novels is this idea of an overpowering, encompassing love—and it being more important and special than anything and everything else.
The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible – and achieve it, generation after generation.
Writing is the only way to fight against death.
"Cinematography is infinite in its possibilities... much more infinite than music or language."
The music is my voice when I can't speak.
"Painting is the silence of thought and the music of sight."
People are just as wonderful as sunsets if you let them be. When I look at a sunset, I don't find myself saying, 'Soften the orange a bit on the right hand corner.' I don't try to control a sunset. I watch with awe as it unfolds.
写作是理解我们存在的一种方式。