I think all writing is a campaign against cliche. Not just cliches of the pen but cliches of the mind and cliches of the heart.
我认为所有的写作都是对抗陈词滥调的运动。不仅仅是笔下的陈词滥调,还有思想和心灵中的陈词滥调。
There are some people who never have fallen in love,if they hadn't heard there was such a thing.
"With a library you are free, not confined by temporary political climates. It is the most democratic of institutions because no one—but no one at all—can tell you what to read and when and how."
I'm not afraid to be vulnerable. That's where true strength comes from.