我写作是为了理解自己的存在。

事实上，光的理论是我非常感兴趣的研究课题，我对光的本质形成了明确的看法。

The pain is temporary, but the music is forever.

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.

A writer is somebody for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.

时间是唯一没有野心的批评家。

Done is better than perfect.

人们时常觉得有必要拿出自己特意准备好的一面来展示给路人看——就像是布置商店橱窗一样——而这样的展示一旦时过境迁，也就无须太放在心上了。

唯一使生活成为可能的是永久、难以忍受的不确定性；不知道接下来会发生什么。

海洋给予我们丰饶，但它要求我们以尊重回报。