天下不怕没有能臣，怕的是没有君主去使用他们；天下不怕没有财货，怕的是无人去管理它们。

Survival is not about being fearless. It’s about making a decision, getting on and doing it, because you have to.

风格中最伟大的事情是掌握隐喻。

Every word in a novel is a step towards understanding the human condition.

"The more acute the experience, the less articulate its expression."

The great secret that all old people share is that you really haven't changed in seventy or eighty years. Your body changes, but you don't change at all.

唯有一件事可使人们集体陷入煽动性的骚乱，那即是压迫。