The past is a foreign country, but we are all its citizens.
过去是一个异国,但我们都是它的公民。
"The great advantage of being a writer is that you can spy on people. You're there, listening to every word, but part of you is observing. Everything is useful to a writer, every scrap, even the longest and most boring of luncheon parties."
I like crossing the imaginary boundaries people like to draw between scientific fields.
真正的天才对于不完整感到战栗——通常宁愿保持沉默,也不愿说一些不完全的话。
The artist must be a servant of the absolute.