【大意】兰花生长在幽静偏僻的山谷中，并不因没有人采撷佩带而不吐出迷人的芳香；舟船在大江大海中，并不因没有人乘坐而停止了飘浮；君子做正义的事，并不因没有人知道而停止。

"The beauty of literature is that it allows us to live multiple lives in one."

A writer's life is a highly vulnerable, almost naked activity. We don't have to weep about that. The writer makes his choice and is stuck with it. But it is true to say that you are open to all the winds, some of them icy indeed. You are out on your own, out on a limb. You find no shelter, no protection — unless you lie — in which case of course you have constructed your own protection and, it could be argued, become a politician.

A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.

你不会一觉醒来就变成蝴蝶——成长是一个过程。