Thought is the servant of action, and action is the servant of survival.
Mastery is not a function of genius or talent. It is a function of time and intense focus applied to a particular field of knowledge.
The rate at which a person can mature is directly proportional to the embarrassment he can tolerate.
文学的美妙之处在于它让我们在一生的时间里活出一千种生活。
"The writer’s task is to make the invisible visible."
"The art of the novel is the art of being simultaneously inside and outside of things."