田野荒芜废弃,人民也将由此而惰怠;君主挥霍无度,则人民胡作妄为。
艺术是唯一一种不用离家就能逃离的方式。
语言是我唯一的家园。
人们算计太多,思考太少。
I don’t ask writers about their work habits. I really don’t care. Joyce Carol Oates says somewhere that when writers ask each other what time they start working and when they finish and how much time they take for lunch, they’re actually trying to find out, ‘Is he as crazy as I am?’ I don’t need that question answered.