小说的艺术就是同时置身事内与事外的艺术。

在每一个突出的岬角，每一处弯曲的海滩，每一粒沙子中，都有地球的故事。

People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, make them.

一个毫无幽默感的小孩要走过漫漫人生，真悲哀。