Art is the science of freedom.

Writing is a way of life, a way of being in the world.

Every mental state is a function of some physical state of the brain.

The historian’s task is to understand the past, the novelist’s to make it live.

【释义】玉的瑕疵掩盖不了它的光泽，玉的光泽也掩盖不了它的瑕疵。