The true artist will let his wife starve, his children go barefoot, his mother drudge for his living at seventy, sooner than work at anything but his art.

写作是理解我们恐惧的一种方式。

The obligation of subjects to the sovereign is understood to last as long, and no longer, than the power lasteth by which he is able to protect them.

"Stories are the way we make sense of the world."

每本小说都是一段旅程，对作者和读者都是如此。