I don't take anything for granted. I work for everything I achieve.

We must remember that in nature there are neither rewards nor punishments—there are consequences.

I want you to know， it isn’t always clear in the beginning because as I said I had been on television since I was 19 years old. But around ’94 I got really clear. So don’t expect the clarity to come all at once， to know your purpose right away.

The novel is the most complete expression of human freedom.

I have always been a prisoner of poetry.

Leadership is about inspiring others to see the potential within themselves.

You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards.

我们写作不是因为我们想写，而是因为我们不得不写。