The only real art is the art of the soul.

文学是社会的镜子，反映其美德和恶习。

Whatever you're meant to do, do it now. The conditions are always impossible.

I'd rather be a failed writer than a successful banker.

The most dangerous strategy is to jump a chasm in two leaps.

总有人会持有一些愚蠢的信念，但你可以通过提高自己对这些人背后原因的理解，来降低这一现象的讨厌程度。

I don't care if you're black, white, straight, bisexual, gay, lesbian, short, tall, fat, skinny, rich or poor. If you're nice to me, I'll be nice to you. Simple as that.

The purpose of abstraction is not to be vague, but to create a new semantic level in which one can be absolutely precise.

绘画是一个动词。

Literature isn't a moral beauty contest.

你不能没有一个对世界的概念而活，但也不可能带着你对世界的概念而活。