"The future is not a result of choices among alternative paths offered by the present, but a place that is created—created first in the mind and will, created next in activity."

Luck， is largely responsible for my reputation for genius. I don’t walk into the office in the morning and say， ‘Am I smart today？’ I walk in and wonder， ‘Am I lucky today？’

文学让我们能够活上千次生命，感受上千种情感。

"Every story is a journey, and every journey changes the traveler."

"The most important thing is to tell a good story. Everything else is secondary."

"To write is to bear witness to the human condition."