思想是有机体在世界中协商其道路的手段。

Writing is not just a profession, it's a way of life.

小说是生命之书。从这个意义上说，圣经是一部伟大的混乱小说。你可能会说，它是关于上帝的。但它实际上是关于活着的人。

I was born in Africa.I came to California because it’s really where new technologies can be brought to fruition， and I don’t see a viable competitor.

A writer's life is a highly vulnerable, almost naked activity. We don't have to weep about that. The writer makes his choice and is stuck with it. But it is true to say that you are open to all the winds, some of them icy indeed. You are out on your own, out on a limb. You find no shelter, no protection — unless you lie — in which case of course you have constructed your own protection and, it could be argued, become a politician.