To write is to confront the ghosts of our past, to give them a voice, and perhaps, to set them free.

I’ve had to work very hard for every title. Nothing has been given to me.

我不擅长假装。我不擅长撒谎。我不擅长成为我不是的人。

简约是终极的精致。

小说是人类发现的微妙相互关系的最高范例。

I don’t let setbacks define me. I let them strengthen me.

The most important thing in science is not so much to obtain new facts as to discover new ways of thinking about them.