Every word in a novel is a step towards understanding the human condition.

最重要的是对自己和观众诚实。

容忍存在的唯一方法就是像在永恒的狂欢中一样迷失在文学中。

Society can and does execute its own mandates， and if it issues wrong mandates instead of right， or any mandates at all in things with which it ought not to meddle， it practices a social tyranny more formidable than many kinds of political oppression， since， though not usually upheld by such extreme penalties， it leaves fewer means of escape， penetrating much more deeply into the details of life， and enslaving the soul itself.

Age isn't how old you are but how old you feel.

To write is to confront the abyss, to stare into the void and find meaning in the chaos.

最重要的是避免亏钱。