"I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You're doing things you've never done before, and more importantly, you're doing something."

Writing is about making sentences. It is about the rhythm of the sentence, the music of the sentence.

Literature is the question minus the answer.

If a Nation expects to be ignorant and free in a state of civilization,it expects what never was and never will be....If we are to guard against ignorance and remain free,it is the responsibility of every American to be informed."

写作是一种自由的行为，一种逃避强加给我们的枷锁的方式。