"The beauty of literature lies in its ability to transcend time and space."

My blindness is not a tragedy, but an opportunity to see the world in a different way.

Understanding the real lives of the poor is the first step toward designing effective policies to help them.

To write is to create a world within a world.

受过良好教育的黑人在就业市场方面比受过良好教育的白人有着巨大的优势。有时黑人可能会认为他们没有这个优势...我曾经说过一次，即使是我自己，如果我重新投胎，也想成为一个受过良好教育的黑人，因为我相信他们确实有实际的优势。