文学是对剥夺感的表达，是对缺失感的补救。

解释：做大事的不做小事，要成就大事的不成就小事。

"The characters in my books are often people who are struggling to find their place in the world."

"Writing is a matter of patience and stubbornness, not talent."

We were the people who were not in the papers. We lived in the blank white spaces at the edges of print.