When I have been listened to and when I have been heard, I am able to re-perceive my world in a new way and go on. It is astonishing how elements that seem insoluble become soluble when someone listens.

Art is a way of making sense of the world.

The novel is the great lie that reveals the great truths.

A story is never finished; it’s only abandoned.

一个民族的活力随天气而变化。