He said that the way of the world is to bloom and to flower and die but in the affairs of men there is no waning and the noon of his expression signals the onset of night. His spirit is exhausted at the peak of its achievement. His meridian is at once his darkening and the evening of his day.

成功不在于成为最好的，而在于在努力中保持一贯和坚持。

写作是一种爱的行为，是对现实和他人的承诺。

衡量一个文明的标准是它如何对待其艺术家。