我是个失败的诗人。也许每个小说家都想先写诗，发现自己做不到，然后尝试短篇小说，这是诗歌之后要求最高的形式。如果连这都失败了，他才会转向写小说。

我们最爱的故事会永远活在我们心中。

The key to power is the ability to judge who is best to serve your purposes, and then to win them over to your side.

The most dangerous thing is not failure, but complacency.

"To live is to be in constant dialogue with death."

Love is a fragile thing. You have to treat it like a living organism or else it’ll disappear.