A novelist must be a psychologist, but a psychologist of a special kind—one who understands the souls of men and women as if he had made them.

不去尝试办不到的事情, 不去追求得不到的东西, 不居于不能持久的地位, 不推行不可重复的政策。

我们都受到过去幽灵的困扰，但由我们决定是让它们困扰我们还是引导我们。

我是那种会让你想要辞职的人。

"To write is to bear witness to the human condition."