I wanted to write a book about memory because I think it's one of the most fascinating things about being human.
創(chuàng)造性力量很容易變成破壞性力量。這只取決于人們的道德人格：是用此力量做好事或做壞事。如果人們?nèi)狈@種道德人格，則沒有一種說教能夠提供它或取而代之。
The key to performance is elegance, not battalions of special cases.
The power of literature lies in its ability to transport us to other worlds, to make us see the world through the eyes of others.
作家必須是被邊緣化的人、被遺忘的人、被擊敗的人的捍衛(wèi)者。