To be a writer is to sit down at one's desk in the chill portion of every day, and to write; not waiting for the little jet of the blue flame of genius to start from the breastbone.

不是因为某些事物难以发现，我们才不去寻找；而是因为我们不去寻找，它们才显得难以发现。

写作中最持久的是风格，而风格是作家能用时间做出的最有价值的投资。