The only merit I have is to have painted directly from nature.

Happiness is not the absence of problems, but the ability to deal with them.

No arts; no letters; no society; and which is worst of all, continual fear, and danger of violent death; and the life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.

我永远无法安全；我总是试图逆流而上。每当我完成一件事，我就会设定一个更高的目标。这就是我如何走到今天的位置。

小说是生成意义的机器。