I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that there are as few as there are any other great artists. Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.

文学的作用是使世界更加复杂，而不是简化它。

"I am not interested in the individual fate of the characters, but in the social conditions that produce such fates."

作家必须是一个自由的存在，即使这会让他付出一切代价。

韧性是通过逆境建立的；不要害怕挑战，要从中学到东西。

But if you tame me, then we shall need each other. To me, you will be unique in all the world. To you, I shall be unique in all the world。