成为英雄的最大障碍是怀疑自己是否会证明自己是个傻瓜;真正的英雄主义是抵制这种怀疑;最深刻的智慧是知道何时应该抵制它,何时应该服从它。
过去是一个谜,历史学家是试图将碎片拼凑在一起的人。
The whole of life is just like watching a film. Only it's as though you always get in ten minutes after the big picture has started, and no-one will tell you the plot, so you have to work it out all yourself from the clues.
Writing, to me, is simply thinking through my fingers.