作家本质上是一个不是因为必须写作，而是因为不能不写作的人。
"A writer is essentially a person who writes not because he has to, but because he cannot not write."
The best moments in our lives are not the passive, receptive, relaxing times… The best moments usually occur if a person’s body or mind is stretched to its limits in a voluntary effort to accomplish something difficult and worthwhile.
"The past is never dead. It's not even past."