不，不是富有。我是一个有钱的穷人，这不是一回事。
No, not rich. I am a poor man with money, which is not the same thing.
怀疑是智慧的开端，而非敌人。
The best novels are those that make us see the world differently.
The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to the idealised past.
质量不是运气；它是一种策略。
小说是一面反映社会复杂性的镜子，而小说家则是打磨这面镜子的人。