"To be a writer is to sit down at one's desk in the chill portion of every day, and to write; not waiting for the little jet of the blue flame of genius to start from the breastbone."

The human mind is capable of comprehending the universe because the universe has generated minds capable of comprehending it.

写作是另一种做爱的方式。

"Literature is the art of discovering something extraordinary about ordinary people, and saying with ordinary words something extraordinary."

1967年10月8日切腿部不幸中弹，包扎伤口时被捕，切平静的说。