The novel is a lie that tells the truth, a lie that reveals reality more profoundly than the factual truth.

创造就是活两次。

【解释】在狭窄的路上行走，留一点余地让别人走；遇到美味可口的食物，留出三分让给别人吃，这是立身处世最快乐的方法。

Every story is a lie, but some lies are more true than others.

Letters are the biographer's gold mine; they reveal what official records conceal.

当下是唯一的现实，唯一的确定性。