"The great advantage of being a writer is that you can spy on people. You're there, listening to every word, but part of you is observing. Everything is useful to a writer, every scrap, even the longest and most boring of luncheon parties."

要真正伟大，必须与人民站在一起，而不是凌驾于他们之上。

Happiness is brief. It will not stay. God batters at its sails.

我对成为历史上最好的不感兴趣。我感兴趣的是尽我所能做到最好。