艺术是逃离存在恐怖的唯一途径。

A writer's life is a highly vulnerable, almost naked activity. We don't have to weep about that. The writer makes his choice and is stuck with it. But it is true to say that you are open to all the winds, some of them icy indeed. You are out on your own, out on a limb. You find no shelter, no protection — unless you lie — in which case of course you have constructed your own protection and, it could be argued, become a politician.

对自己要求比别人期望的标准更高。永远不要为自己找借口。

译文：要有所获取，就一定要有所舍弃，要有所禁止，就一定要有所宽容。赏析：人生没有完美的事情，世间的所有好事不可能都让我们占完，总是有舍才有取，有失才有得。禁止就是不可为，宽容就是我们对待别人要圆滑。