I think we often write because we feel a loneliness, and people read for the same reason, and then they come away feeling a little less lonely.

The life we receive is not always what we choose.

I felt foolish and tired, as if I had been running to escape someone chasing me, only to look behind to discover there was no one there.

You can have pride in what you do each day, but not arrogance in what you were born with.

I have a writer's memory, which makes everything worse than maybe it actually was.

I didn't fear failure. I expected failure.

People there only dream that it is China, because if you are Chinese you can never let go of China in your mind.