青春不是年华，而是心境；青春不是桃面、丹唇、柔膝，而是深沉的意志，恢宏的想象，炙热的恋情；青春是生命的深泉在涌流。

The novel is the one bright book of life. Books are not life. They are only tremulations on the ether. But the novel is the one bright book of life.

Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.

我不是说唱歌手，我是一个写作的传奇。