艺术应该挑战、激发并让人们思考。

孔子说：“人没有长远的考虑，必定有眼前的忧愁。”

我写小说，人们告诉我这是自传；我写自传，人们告诉我这是小说。既然我这么笨，他们这么聪明，那就让他们决定这是什么或不是什么吧。

痛苦是暂时的，放弃却是永远的。

The stranger is close to us, insofar as we feel between him and ourselves common features of a national, social, occupational, or generally human, nature. He is far from us, insofar as these common features extend beyond him or us, and connect us only because they connect a great many people.

The night is a great library, but the stars are its books.

我喜欢一切没有风格的东西：字典、照片、自然、我自己和我的画。

海的边缘是一个奇异而美丽的地方。