"Literature is the mirror that reflects the complexities of the human condition."

艺术是让我们认识真相的谎言。

I would advise young artists to paint as they can, as long as they can, without being afraid of painting badly.

对于那样的人来说，时间是过剩的，是他们看着慢慢流干的桶。但实际上，他认为，它是你手中捧着的一滩发光的泥水；你应该用所有的精力去保护它。

Our capacity to draw happiness from aesthetic objects or material goods in fact seems critically dependent on our first satisfying a more important range of emotional or psychological needs, among them the need for understanding, for love, expression and respect.

"Poetry is a way of thinking, a way of being in the world."

写作就像用文字绘画，创造出活在读者心中的图像。