文化进化的研究必须考虑社会的内部动态和外部环境约束。

小说是一个伟大的发现：远比伽利略的望远镜或别人的无线电报更伟大。小说是人类迄今为止达到的最高表达形式。为什么？因为它是如此无法达到绝对。

I don’t like to do easy things. I like to do things that are challenging and that push me.

It is a first principle of human action that a man does what he believes will satisfy his desires.

The actions of men are the best interpreters of their thoughts.

To me, you are still nothing more than a little boy who is just like a hundred thousand other little boys. And I have no need of you. And you, on your part, have no need of me. To you, I am nothing more than a fox like a hundred thousand other foxes.

文学是一种抵抗的形式，是保持记忆鲜活和对抗遗忘的方式。

生活是绘画，不是做算术。