小说是可能的不可能的艺术。

Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.

解析：教导学生，不到他想弄明白而不得的时候，不去开导他；不到他想出来却说不出来的时候，不去启发他。

I'm not a poet, I'm a trapeze artist.

The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in the world. And he must hold to this illusion even when he knows it is not true.