A novelist must be a psychologist, but a psychologist of a special kind—one who understands the souls of men and women as if he had made them.
小说家必须是心理学家，但是一种特殊的心理学家——他理解男女的灵魂，仿佛是他创造了他们。
最基本的人类渴望是被认可为人，而最基本的人类恐惧是被视为不如人。
Every discovery builds on the work of those who came before us.
我认为所有的写作都是对抗陈词滥调的运动。不仅仅是笔下的陈词滥调，还有思想和心灵中的陈词滥调。
"Literature is the mirror of society, reflecting its beauty and its flaws."