"We are all prisoners of our own perceptions, but through writing, we can find the key to our freedom."
我们都是自己感知的囚徒，但通过写作，我们可以找到自由的钥匙。
首要且最伟大的胜利是战胜自我；被自我征服则是最可耻、最卑劣之事。
活着就是为了改变世界，难道还有其他原因吗？
A writer is selected by his subject—his subject being the consciousness of his own era.
Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.
The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won’t.