追求完美是优秀的敌人。

我本质上不是一个政治人物。我不认为作家是，或者应该是政治人物。

The more determinedly I exist, as myself, within the conditions of the time, the more clearly I shall hear the language of the past, the nearer I shall feel the breath of the centuries.

The novel is the great art form of the inner life.

生命只是一连串孤立的片刻，靠着回忆和幻想，许多意义浮现了，然后消失，消失之后又浮现。

I believe in the power of love and music to change the world.