A writer’s duty is not to answer questions, but to ask them.

The price one pays for pursuing any profession, or calling, is an intimate knowledge of its ugly side.

To write is to bear witness to the world and to oneself.

最危险的一句话是：“我们一直都是这么做的。”

译文：顺着可以利用的形势，寻求容易实现的道路。