The stories are not autobiographical, but they're personal in that way. I seem to know only the things that I've learned. Probably some things through observation, but what I feel I know surely is personal.

Le génie est comme l'or: il faut le faire sortir de la mine.

Every individual has a place to fill in the world and is important in some respect whether he chooses to be so or not.

要成为一名作家，必须有一定的傲慢，相信自己的声音值得被听到。