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.
I mistrust reality, but I trust the painting.
The biographer's challenge is to be both a detective and a poet.
作家的职责是让安逸者不安，让不安者得慰。
当天赋不努力时，勤奋会战胜天赋。