To be a writer is to be a spy on life.

每个人的生命都以同样的方式结束。区别只在于他如何生活、如何死去的细节。

The function of the artist is to disturb the comfortable and comfort the disturbed.

If we find the answer to that, it would be the ultimate triumph of human reason - for then we would know the mind of God.

生命本身就是最美的童话。

A thing of beauty is a joy forever: its loveliness increases; it will never pass into nothingness.

旅行就是发现每个人对其他国家的看法都是错误的。