The greatest stories are those that make us feel less alone.

痛苦是净化灵魂的火焰。

作家必须是一个永远的外来者，所有正统观念的批评者。

The most difficult thing is to be simple.

There are no vital and significant forms of art; there is only art, and precious little of that.

The man who writes about himself and his own time is the only man who writes about all people and about all time.

Every life is a story, and every story is a life.