"History is not the past. It is the method we have evolved of organizing our ignorance of the past."
"I am not a political writer, but I am a writer who is politically aware."
The best literature is that which disturbs, which unsettles, which refuses to console.
The truth is, I don't know why I write. I only know that I must.
Don't let your past dictate who you are, but let it be a lesson that strengthens you.