真正的斗争不是在善与恶之间，而是在痛苦与快乐之间。
The greatest gift is the passion for reading.
最伟大的礼物是对阅读的热情。
The only way to write well is to write badly first.
写好文章的唯一方法就是先写糟糕的文章。
The best thing about being a writer is that you get to live in the world you create.
作为一个作家最好的事情是你能够生活在你创造的世界里。
The trick is to pay attention to what's happening around you and to keep writing.
诀窍是关注你周围发生的事情并继续写作。
The purpose of fiction is to take you out of your own life and make you aware of other lives.
小说的目的是让你走出自己的生活，意识到其他人的生活。
The fundamental fact about all of us is that we're alive for a while but will die before long.
关于我们所有人的基本事实是，我们会活一段时间，但不久就会死去。
The greatest enemy of intimacy is irony.
亲密关系的最大敌人是讽刺。
It's all about trying to be a little less ignorant and a little less selfish every day.
这就是关于每天努力变得不那么无知和自私一点。
The first lesson reading teaches is how to be alone.
The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear.
唯一真正的监狱是恐惧，唯一真正的自由是从恐惧中解脱。