The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends， and the other begins？

The art of living is to know when to hold fast and when to let go.

The deep, personal material of the latter half of your life is your children. You can write about your parents when they're gone, but your children are still going to be here, and you're going to want them to come and visit you in the nursing home.

我不是一个完美主义者，但我喜欢感觉事情做得很好。

I don’t ask writers about their work habits. I really don’t care. Joyce Carol Oates says somewhere that when writers ask each other what time they start working and when they finish and how much time they take for lunch, they’re actually trying to find out, ‘Is he as crazy as I am?’ I don’t need that question answered.

读你爱读的书，直到你爱上读书。

"The only thing that one really knows about human nature is that it changes."