作家必须相信他所做的事情是世界上最重要的事情。即使他知道这不是真的,他也必须坚持这种幻觉。
The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in the world. And he must hold to this illusion even when he knows it is not true.
Life consists not in holding good cards,but in playing well those you hold.
写作是关于建立联系,不仅仅是文字之间的联系,还有人与人之间、思想与思想之间的联系。
I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that there are as few as there are any other great artists. Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.