An artist must be willing to fail spectacularly.

Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive and then go do that， because what the world needs is people who have come alive.

民主不是万灵药。它不能组织一切，也不知道自己的局限性。我们必须正视这些事实。

写作就是面对存在的混乱并强加某种秩序。

人的本性是恶的，那些善良的行为是人为的。

Neither power nor wealth, only the scepters of art endure.