"The great advantage of being a writer is that you can spy on people. You're there, listening to every word, but part of you is observing. Everything is useful to a writer, every scrap, even the longest and most boring of luncheon parties."

Letters are the biographer's gold mine; they reveal what official records conceal.

The most important thing is how people experience the space.

了解自己的一个好办法是，仔细地分析自己做的会惹怒其他人的每一件事情。

I don't let the darkness dim my light.