The only way to succeed is to be completely honest with yourself and others.

Not necessarily your mother, or indeed mine, but, as it were, the ideal mother, somebody who doesn't care about your achievements. Unfortunately, most people are not our mothers. Most people make a strict correlation between how much time, and if you like, love -- not romantic love, though that may be something -- but love in general, respect --they are willing to accord us, that will be strictly defined by our position in the social hierarchy.

I’m a guy who believes in the team concept.

The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.

作家应该是一个社会的良心，通过作品反映社会的真实面貌。