文学是燃烧在我们内心的火焰，一种消耗和净化的火焰，一种照亮和温暖的火焰。
The world is full of signs, but we have forgotten how to read them.
"Biography is the most intimate form of history."
I'm the worst thing since Elvis Presley, to do Black music so selfishly and use it to get myself wealthy.
The novel is the only art form capable of fully representing human complexity.