Writing is the only way I have to explain my own life to myself.

To write is to fight against oblivion.

You get what you give. What you put into things is what you get out of them.

我不和别人竞争。我和自己竞争。

文学是被边缘者的声音。

你离死亡越近，你就越感到活着。这是一种美妙的生存方式。这是唯一的生存方式。

我不是为死去的总统说唱，我宁愿看到总统死去。

I don’t let the future scare me, I let it excite me.

自由就是告诉人们他们不想听的事情的权利。