The writer's only responsibility is to his art. He will be completely ruthless if he is a good one... If a writer has to rob his mother, he will not hesitate; the "Ode on a Grecian Urn" is worth any number of old ladies.

如果你至少不尝试做一些非凡的事情，那么活着的意义是什么？

文学不过是一个有引导的梦。

A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction， and in either case， he is justly accountable to them for the injury.