"You can’t just sit down and write a book. That’s not how books get written. Books get written by living your life, by being open to the world, by paying attention."
不肖:品行不好,不正派。观察他所交往的是些什么人,就能看出他是品德好的人还是不正派的人。
当一扇门关闭时,你要知道,另一扇门正在打开。
"To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries."
小说的力量不在于其情节,而在于其唤起与读者自身经历共鸣的情感的能力。