直到某些意外事件从外部触发,人们才会突然意识到真相。
One is not struck by the truth until prompted quite accidentally by some external event.
The task of a writer consists in being able to make something out of an idea.
我是个失败的诗人。也许每个小说家都想先写诗,发现自己做不到,然后尝试短篇小说,这是诗歌之后要求最高的形式。如果连这都失败了,他才会转向写小说。
我已经尽全力了,但我不可能是个完美的人。我无法作到既英俊,又能唱绕舌歌,又能得分,还能罚球罚得准。