"You can't do anything about the length of your life, but you can do something about its width and depth."

我不是一个完美主义者，但我喜欢感觉事情做得很好。

主题是自传性的，实际上与希望、记忆、感官和参与有关。

The world is given to me only once, not one existing and one perceived.

The danger is not that we will be deprived of speech， but that we will have nothing worth saying.

作家不能仅仅是一个讲故事的人；他不能仅仅是一个教师；他不能仅仅是一个娱乐者。他必须是所有这些，甚至更多。