我现在生活的全部信念在于相信孤独远非一种罕见而奇特的现象,它不仅仅是我和少数其他孤独者所特有的,而是人类存在的核心和不可避免的事实。
The whole conviction of my life now rests upon the belief that loneliness, far from being a rare and curious phenomenon, peculiar to myself and to a few other solitary men, is the central and inevitable fact of human existence.
The novel is the only place where all contradictions can coexist.
我想创作的艺术不仅仅是美丽的,还要有信息。
People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public, or in some contrivance to raise prices.
I think the most important thing in life is to be true to yourself.
生活不在于握有一手好牌,而在于把手里的牌打好。
"The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go."
Materials speak their own language; our job is to listen and interpret.