Those who do not have power over the story that dominates their lives, the power to retell it, rethink it, deconstruct it, joke about it, and change it as they change, truly are powerless, because they cannot think new thoughts.

"I think the job of the novelist is to make the familiar strange and the strange familiar."

"The world is a prison, and language is the key."

我知道我自己打得像坨屎一样，但你们不知道我为了让自己打得不那么像坨屎，付出了多少努力。