"The power of a story is in its ability to inspire change in the world."

我除了作为演员之外，没有任何自我意识。

Poetry is perhaps what teaches us to nurture the charming illusion: how to be reborn out of ourselves over and over again, and use words to construct a better world, a fictitious world that enables us to sign a pact for a permanent and comprehensive peace ... with life.

【译文】 子张问仁，孔子说：“能在天下推行五种品德，就是仁了。“哪五种？”说：“庄重、宽厚、诚实、勤敏、慈惠，庄重就不会受侮辱，宽厚就会得到拥护，诚实就会受到重用，勤敏就会获得成功，慈惠就会有本钱使用人。”

文字有重量，作家必须承担这种重量的责任。