The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well.

我是一个无可救药的浪漫主义者。

说出真相的唯一方式是以权威的口吻说话。

"Every book is a door to another world, and every reader is a traveler."

I don't follow the rules. I make the beat, then I break it.

I think that's the single most important thing about writing: it's about making the familiar strange and the strange familiar.