The artist must create a spark before he can make a fire and before art is born, the artist must be ready to be consumed by the fire of his own creation.

解释：对事物最好的证明是有效果，对论点最好的认定是有证据。

To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.

The sky’s the limit, right?

I'm a failed poet. Maybe every novelist wants to write poetry first, finds he can't, and then tries the short story, which is the most demanding form after poetry. And, failing at that, only then does he take up novel writing.