If you're an artist, you try to make sense out of one thing or another.

我害怕变得平庸。

The novel is an art form that is always in crisis, always on the verge of disappearing, and that's what keeps it alive.

樊迟问仁，孔子说：“对人慈爱。”问智，孔子说：“对人了解。”樊迟不理解。孔子说：“以正压邪，能使邪者正。”

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.

智者能超越任何加诸于他的侮辱，对不当行为最好的回应是耐心和节制。

文学是耐心的艺术，无论对写的人还是读的人都是如此。