Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter.
每一幅带着感情绘制的肖像都是艺术家的自画像，而非模特的肖像。
定义就是限制。
The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.
摆脱诱惑的唯一方法就是屈服于它。
The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe.
写作的艺术就是发现你所相信之物的艺术。
Fiction is the truth inside the lie.
小说是谎言中的真相。
Life is infinitely stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent.
生活比人类头脑所能发明的任何事物都要离奇得多。
The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.
世界上充满了显而易见的事情，但偏偏没有人注意到。
Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no money.
写作是唯一一个如果你赚不到钱也没人会觉得你可笑的职业。
A good novel tells us the truth about its hero, but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author.
A good novel tells us the truth about its hero, but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author.
一本好小说告诉我们关于其主人公的真相，而一本坏小说告诉我们关于其作者的真相。
The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.
过去是一个异国他乡；他们在那里行事不同。