"The truth is, we are all just trying to figure out how to live."
I don’t believe in styles, I believe in coherence.
The truth is not always beautiful, nor beautiful words the truth.
我不认为自己是一个碰巧是黑人的作家。我认为自己是一个黑人作家。
The best thing about art is that it can communicate without words.
"I write to escape the shadow, but I always end up finding it."
我在思想中有一种流放感,仿佛我是个外星人。
【大意】兰花生长在幽静偏僻的山谷中,并不因没有人采撷佩带而不吐出迷人的芳香;舟船在大江大海中,并不因没有人乘坐而停止了飘浮;君子做正义的事,并不因没有人知道而停止。