Writing is learning to die, learning to give everything away.
寫作是學(xué)習(xí)死亡,學(xué)習(xí)放棄一切。
The beauty and mystery of this world only emerges through affection, attention, interest and compassion.
My stomach is a knot of sorrow and anger, but I keep smiling.
我的胃里打滿了悲傷和憤怒的結(jié),但我繼續(xù)微笑著。
Happiness is holding someone in your arms and knowing you hold the whole world.
The measure of a good book is determined by how much it disturbs and troubles its reader.
一本好書的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)在于它能在多大程度上擾亂和困擾讀者。
A book is a mirror: if an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to look out.
書是一面鏡子:如果一頭驢往里看,你不能指望看到一位使徒。
The art of the novel is the art of being everywhere at once.
小說的藝術(shù)就是無處不在的藝術(shù)。
To be a writer is to acknowledge the secret wounds that we carry inside us, the ones that never heal and that define who we are.
成為作家就是要承認我們內(nèi)心攜帶的秘密傷口,那些永遠不會愈合的傷口,它們定義了我們是誰。
The best stories are those that resonate with our own hidden thoughts.
最好的故事是那些與我們自己隱藏的思想產(chǎn)生共鳴的故事。
Writing is a matter of finding a voice to listen to the voices inside you.
寫作就是找到一個聲音來傾聽你內(nèi)心的聲音。
I don't want to be a tree; I want to be its meaning.
The past is a place of reference, not a place of residence.