That's exhilarating if you're doing well, and very crushing if you're not. It leads, in the worst cases -- in the analysis of a sociologist like Emil Durkheim -- it leads to increased rates of suicide. There are more suicides in developed, individualistic countries than in any other part of the world. And some of the reason for that is that people take what happens to them extremely personally -- they own their success, but they also own their failure.

作家必须是一个永远的外来者，一个所有权力的批评者。

音乐应该激励人们去做些什么，去感受些什么。

I try to create a world that feels real and lived-in.