Life is not an easy matter... You cannot live through it without falling into frustration and cynicism unless you have before you a great idea which raises you above personal misery, above weakness, above all kinds of perfidy and baseness.
生活并非易事……除非你面前有一个伟大的理想，将你提升到个人的痛苦、软弱以及各种背信弃义和卑鄙之上，否则你无法度过它而不陷入沮丧和愤世嫉俗。
艺术是不离家就能逃离的唯一方式。
成功是从一个失败跌到另一个失败，但热情不减。
我总是说，“如果你时刻准备着，就不需要临时准备。”
"The characters in my books are often people who are struggling to find their place in the world."