The best paintings are those that make you forget the painter.

The source of every crime, is some defect of the understanding; or some error in reasoning; or some sudden force of the passions.

The act of writing is an act of transformation.

The key to performance is elegance, not battalions of special cases.

没有伟大的意志力，便没有雄才大略。

文学是一种抵抗，是对抗不公和压迫的武器。