I don't believe in luck, I believe in preparation.
You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.
A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word 'darkness' on the walls of his cell.
人類無法長期生活在空虛狀態(tài)中:如果他不是朝著某個(gè)方向成長,他不僅會(huì)停滯不前,被壓抑的潛能會(huì)變成病態(tài)和絕望,最終轉(zhuǎn)化為破壞性行為。
小說不僅僅是一個(gè)故事;它是一個(gè)建構(gòu)的物體,一種必須盡可能完美的藝術(shù)技巧。