你后半生的深刻个人材料是你的孩子。你可以在父母去世后写他们，但你的孩子还会在这里，你会希望他们来养老院看你。
The deep, personal material of the latter half of your life is your children. You can write about your parents when they're gone, but your children are still going to be here, and you're going to want them to come and visit you in the nursing home.
在野外，你必须相信你的直觉。它们是你最好的向导。
流放这件事想起来奇怪地引人入胜，但经历起来却很可怕。
A novel is not just a story; it is a constructed object, an artifice that must be as perfect as possible.
也许世界上也有五千朵和你一模一样的花，但只有你是我独一无二的玫瑰。