Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.

小说是一种印象，不是一种论证；它是生活的一种印象。

There is no bad whiskey. There are only some whiskeys that aren't as good as others.

真理是一个陷阱：你无法得到它而不被它得到；你无法通过捕捉真理来得到它，只有通过被它捕捉。

I'm not a feeling, I'm a thought.

The quality of a country's institutions is the most important determinant of its success.