The key ingredients of happiness could not be material or aesthetic, but must always stubbornly psychological.

"In every war, there are two truths: the truth of the victors and the truth of the vanquished."

创作行为并不纯粹。历史证明了这一点。社会学提取了它。作家失去了伊甸园，写作是为了被阅读，并逐渐意识到他是需要负责的。

I don’t do things for the reaction or the criticism. I do things because I love doing them.

The historian must have some kinship with his subject. The dead will not speak unless they are properly addressed.

将心理过程从其适应背景中孤立出来就是完全误解了它们。

我从未想过成为明星。我只想做音乐。