"There are two occasions when the sacred beauty of Creation becomes dazzlingly apparent, and they occur together. One is when we feel our mortal insufficiency to the world, and the other is when we feel the world's mortal insufficiency to us."

好的小说应该像一面镜子，照出人性的复杂和矛盾。

写作是一种不被中断的谈话方式。

作家的秘密不是灵感——因为灵感从何而来永远是个谜——而是固执和耐力。

人民放在第一位，国家其次，君在最后。