写作是坠入自我深渊的过程。

The more determinedly I exist, as myself, within the conditions of the time, the more clearly I shall hear the language of the past, the nearer I shall feel the breath of universal history.

我认为这是写作中最重要的单一事情：它使熟悉的事物变得陌生，使陌生的事物变得熟悉。

You can't power a nation on wishful thinking.

我能给有抱负的演员的最好建议是耐心和坚持。这是一个艰难的行业，但如果你热爱它，那就是值得的。