The beauty of literature is that it allows us to live a thousand lives.

The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows.

Trust is the foundation of every successful business relationship.

"The truth is rarely pure and never simple."

A writer's life is a highly vulnerable, almost naked activity. We don't have to weep about that. The writer makes his choice and is stuck with it. But it is true to say that you are open to all the winds, some of them icy indeed. You are out on your own, out on a limb. You find no shelter, no protection — unless you lie — in which case of course you have constructed your own protection and, it could be argued, become a politician.

有时候，治愈的唯一方法是先原谅自己。