小说是一个伟大的发现：远比伽利略的望远镜或别人的无线电报更伟大。
The novel is a great discovery: far greater than Galileo's telescope or somebody else's wireless.
"You have to dream, you have to have a vision, and you have to set a goal for yourself that might even scare you a little because sometimes that seems far beyond your reach."
To travel is to write with your feet.
"Literature is the mirror of society, reflecting its virtues and vices."
The more I see of the moneyed classes, the more I understand the guillotine.
数学的研究是所有智力和精神进步不可或缺的基础。
艺术是我对抗疯狂的武器。
Retire into yourself and ask yourself this question: Must I write？ If the answer is yes， then you must keep writing.
