The novel is a great discovery: far greater than Galileo's telescope or somebody else's wireless. The novel is the highest form of human expression so far attained. Why? Because it is so incapable of the absolute.

心理学的任务是将复杂的心理现象还原为最简单的组成部分。

每一吨开采的煤炭都应承载我们对未来的承诺

小说中的人物比他的创造者拥有更多自由——这就是支撑我写作的讽刺。