And now I also see what part of me is Chinese. It is so obvious. It is my family. It is in our blood.

A psychiatrist does not want you to wake up. He tells you to dream some more, to find the pond and pour more tears into it. And really, he's just another bird drinking from your misery.

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.

You have to be your own person. You can't let people's opinions determine how you think about yourself. There's a difference between identity and self-identity.

Words are more ardent if a man must struggle to find them.

I began to look at all events and all things as relevant, an opportunity to take or avoid.

There's no hope. There's no reason to keep trying. Because you must. This is not hope. Not reason. This is your fate. This is your life, what you must do.