A novel is not just a story; it is a constructed object, an artifice that must be as perfect as possible.

Get rich or die tryin'.

I don't want to be perfect, but I do want to be a role model.

"The world is full of stories, but the stories are all one."

"Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad."

孤独是自由的代价。