The novel is the one bright book of life. Books are not life. They are only tremulations on the ether. But the novel is the one bright book of life.

I'm not going to change who I am or what I do because of what people say.

译文：悔悟是去除疾病的药，然而以改正错误为可贵，如果把悔悟滞留在心中，那么又会因为药而引发新的疾病。

艺术的价值不在于技巧，而在于真实。

我不会专注于我所面对的困难，我会专注于我的目标，并尽量忽略其他事情。