作家是一个总是试图创造新事物、原创事物、前所未见事物的人。
"The writer is a man who is always trying to create something new, something original, something that has never been seen before."
计划写作不是写作。列提纲、做研究、和别人谈论你在做什么，这些都不是写作。写作就是写作。
文学有跨越边界的力量，能连接被地理和时间分隔的灵魂。
The truth is, we know so little about life, we don't really know what the good news is and what the bad news is.
历史将宣判我无罪。
"The past is never dead. It's not even past."