The purpose of a writer is to keep civilization from destroying itself.

  • -- Albert Camus 阿尔伯特·加缪

作家的目的是防止文明自我毁灭。

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I struggled in the beginning. I said I was going to write the truth, so help me God. And I thought I was. I found I couldn't. Nobody can write the absolute truth.

一开始我很挣扎。我说我要写下真相,上帝保佑我。我想我是。我发现我不能。没有人能写出绝对的真理。

One of the most attractive things about writing your autobiography is that you're not dead.

写自传最吸引人的地方之一就是你没有死。

When I am dead, I hope it may be said: 'His sins were scarlet, but his books were read.'

我死的时候,愿人说:‘他的罪是朱红的,他的书是被人诵读的。’

Beneath the rule of men entirely great, the pen is mightier than the sword.

在伟大人物的统治之下,笔力胜过刀剑。