"The best stories are those that linger in the mind long after the last page."

The dead don’t stay buried if they have unfinished business.

"The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper."

不成熟的诗人模仿；成熟的诗人偷窃。

没有天赋的艺术家什么都不是，但没有工作的天赋也什么都不是。

I don’t ask writers about their work habits. I really don’t care. Joyce Carol Oates says somewhere that when writers ask each other what time they start working and when they finish and how much time they take for lunch, they’re actually trying to find out, ‘Is he as crazy as I am?’ I don’t need that question answered.