To write is to resist. To resist is to write.
The trick is not to learn to trust your gut feelings, but rather to discipline yourself to ignore them.
The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in the world. And he must hold to this illusion even when he knows it is not true.
Forests are the lungs of our planet; we must treat them with the respect they deserve.
——晚年访谈
