Freedom to reject is the only freedom.

I'm a reader of Chinese literature, I like their films, but also: I've had great difficulty getting my work published in China; very little of it has been published there. The first two attempts to have all of my work published, for instance, were refused without any reason ever being given.

I learned: the first lesson of my life: nobody can face the world with his eyes open all the time.

All names mean something.

When you start writing about the stuff that is the central experience of your own life, you can talk about whatever you want, in whatever way you want.

Children like being a little scared, but they don't want to be disturbed.

A sigh isn't just a sigh. We inhale the world and breathe out meaning. While we can. While we can.