我们钦佩的男人的品质，善良和慷慨，开放，诚实，理解和感觉，是我们系统中失败的伴随物。而我们厌恶的那些特质，尖锐，贪婪，占有欲，卑鄙，自我中心和自私，是成功的特质。
The things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest, are the traits of success.
Law is not a closed logical system, but a means of social control.
现实是一种陈词滥调，我们通过隐喻来逃避它。
独裁和真正的文学是不相容的。作家是独裁的天敌。
"The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use to oneself."