I would never never read a work of fiction and want to know about the person's life.

The sound of words in a novel is a pretty amazing thing, and I am concerned with the sound of every word I write.

Express everything you like. No word can hurt you. None. No idea can hurt you. Not being able to express an idea or word will hurt you more. Like a bullet.

The inevitable is no less a shock just because it is inevitable.

What I don't write is as important as what I write.

On their way to freedom, some people find riches, some people find death.

The space between the idea of something and its reality is always wide and deep and dark. The longer they are kept apart—idea of thing, reality of thing—the wider the width, the deeper the depth, the thicker and darker the darkness.