Anxiety is essential to the human condition. The confrontation with anxiety can relieve us from boredom, sharpen the sensitivity and assure the presence of tension that is necessary to preserve human existence.

文学的力量在于它能够让我们在世界上感到不那么孤独。

You can't be creative if you're not curious.

写作是一种信仰行为——对语言、对读者、对自己的信仰。

艺术是一种驾驭世界混乱的方式。