然后我有了信仰，然后我有了想象，我被他们对嘲笑的沉迷所感染，然后我看见刚果河从黑土地上蜿蜒流过，在森林中划下一道金色的沟壑。

And America, too, is a delusion, the grandest one of all.

"To write is to explore the unknown territories of the human soul."

If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough.