A writer must be stubborn, must have a vocation of sacrifice, and must accept that literature is a very cruel mistress.
世界上有开朗的悲观主义者吗？我就是这样的人。
解析：良知在未发之时即已存在。
The past is never dead. It's not even past.
I don’t think I’ve ever been bored in my life. There’s always something to think about.
The history of the world is the history of the few.