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I want to write books that can truly become a legacy and bring benefits to people.

Literature is an avenue to glory, ever open for those ingenious men who are deprived of honours or of wealth.

I think almost every writer in the world would hope that books would be always talked about with respect and civility and depth and seriousness.

I love literature deeply. I view books as sacred things, and in writing my story, I'm going to do my best to honor the form that has played such a huge part in shaping who I am.

I like characters who are changed, often for the better, by the dark nature of their experiences. I also can become engaged by a character for whom I wish to see justice done, one way or the other. In general, I require a book to have some sort of moral center.

Great writing can be done in biography, history, art.

A writer has to live with a sense of honor.

Literature can allow us to experience the best side of humankind, where instead of giving up, we struggle desperately in the ruins for love, connection and hope.

Books can capture injustices in a way that stays with you and makes you want to do something about them. That's why they are so powerful.

I'd like to be remembered as somebody who tried to promote justice.