我不问作家关于他们的工作习惯。我真的不在乎。乔伊斯·卡罗尔·欧茨在某个地方说过，当作家们互相询问他们什么时候开始工作，什么时候结束，以及午餐花多长时间时，他们实际上是在试图找出，“他和我一样疯狂吗？”我不需要这个问题的答案。

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.

The essence of modernity is psychologism, the experiencing and interpretation of the world in terms of the reactions of our inner life and indeed as an inwardness.

"La verdadera literatura es aquella que nos hace más humanos."

The most profound theories often arise from the simplest observations.

文学的力量在于它能够揭示人性的复杂性，而不仅仅是描述事件。

I'm not a perfectionist, but I like to feel that things are done well.