We are all afraid—for our confidence, for the future, for the world.

Writing is a way to confront the things that we are afraid to confront in real life.

過去は変えられないが、未来は変えられる。

最好的领导者是那些多听少说的人。

It is in the thirties that we want friends. In the forties we know they won't save us any more than love did.

我用血写作，因为我记得流血的感觉。