The true genius shudders at incompleteness — and usually prefers silence to saying something which is not everything it ought to be.
真正的天才在不完整面前会颤抖——通常宁愿保持沉默，也不愿说一些不完全符合它应该说的话。
The tyrant dies and his rule is over, the martyr dies and his rule begins.
我写作是为了挑战现状，质疑既定的东西。
The essential function of art is moral.
A man lies the most when he lies to himself.