If you write nonfiction, a historical account of what really happened, first of all, it's always White men who do that and you don't have the voices that are really interesting to me, of the people who are not sheltered by the big umbrella of the establishment.

write with honesty and don't worry about the feelings of others, because no matter what you say, they'll hate you anyway.

Heart is what drives us and determines our fate.

Seated by her side in the narrow cabin, pressing cold compresses to her forehead and holding her while she vomited, he felt profoundly happy.

How can one not speak about war, poverty, and inequality when people who suffer from these afflictions don't have a voice to speak?

We only have what we give.

Sometimes journalists ask me, "What's the message?" There is no message. I think that fiction should not be trying to give messages. Just tell a story.