"The great advantage of being a writer is that you can spy on people. You're there, listening to every word, but part of you is observing. Everything is useful to a writer, every scrap, even the longest and most boring of luncheon parties."

唯一真正的智慧是自知无知。

处理一个不自由的世界的唯一方法是变得如此绝对自由，以至于你的存在本身就是一种反叛。

过去是一个拒绝离去的幽灵。

〈军人精神教育〉，在桂林对滇赣粤军的演说，1921年12月10日

将奇怪与神秘混淆是一个错误。

Everything is connected, everything.