The writer's secret is not inspiration—for it is never clear where it comes from—but stubbornness, endurance.
Everymorning I jump out of bed and step on a landmine. The landmine is me. After the explosion, I spent the rest of the day putting the pieces together.
我是女权主义者，但我认为浪漫对我这一代人来说已经有点被剥夺了。我认为人们在小说中与之联系的是这种压倒性的、无所不包的爱的想法——它比其他任何事物都更重要和特别。