我是个失败的诗人。也许每个小说家都想先写诗,发现自己做不到,然后尝试短篇小说,这是诗歌之后要求最高的形式。如果连这都失败了,他才会转向写小说。
I'm a failed poet. Maybe every novelist wants to write poetry first, finds he can't, and then tries the short story, which is the most demanding form after poetry. And, failing at that, only then does he take up novel writing.
如果你甘于平庸,那么你可能会一生都不快乐。
I can't predict the future, but I can create it.
The question is not, Can they reason? nor, Can they talk? but, Can they suffer?
我们就像迷失了方向的旅行者;每个人都必须向路人寻求指引。
你在投资方面的成功将部分取决于你的性格和胆量,部分取决于你在热情洋溢和绝望的深度意识到这一切也会过去的能力。
我认为生活中最重要的事情是能够看着镜子里的自己,并对自己感到满意。