For me they normally happen, these career crises, often, actually, on a Sunday evening, just as the sun is starting to set, and the gap between my hopes for myself and the reality of my life starts to diverge so painfully that I normally end up weeping into a pillow.

Literature is a way to keep the fire of humanity alive.

创作行为并不纯粹。历史证明了这一点。社会学提取了它。作家失去了伊甸园，写作是为了被阅读，并最终意识到他不对任何人负责。

The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.

我一直尊重这项运动的历史。这就是我如此努力的原因。