The future is not a result of choices among alternative paths offered by the present, but a place that is created—created first in the mind and will, created next in activity.

I don’t make music for the critics. I make it for the people who need it.

"我写让我害怕的东西，因为我相信这是驱除我内心恶魔的最好方式。"

小说是一个伟大的发现：远比伽利略的望远镜或别人的无线电报更伟大。小说是人类迄今为止达到的最高表达形式。为什么？因为它是如此无法达到绝对。