作家是那些花费数年耐心地试图发现内心第二个自我的人，以及那个使他成为自己的世界。

Sometimes you just have to pick yourself up and carry on.

写作的行为是一种爱与抵抗的行为。

Buying tools: Start by buying the absolute cheapest tools you can find. Upgrade the ones you use a lot. If you wind up using some tool for a job， buy the very best you can afford.

The novel is a protest against the irreversibility of time.

We only live once, so we must live authentically and fully.

我不害怕做自己。