"There is no such thing as a new idea. It is impossible. We simply take a lot of old ideas and put them into a sort of mental kaleidoscope. We give them a turn and they make new and curious combinations."

要成为一名作家，必须有一定的傲慢，相信自己要说的话对别人来说足够重要。

我不断看到生活中的人崛起，他们不是最聪明的有时甚至不是最勤奋的。但他们是学习机器；他们每天晚上睡觉时都比起床时聪明一点。