世界不是从他想象的地方运行的。不是从城堡的墙壁，而是从账房，不是由号角的呼唤，而是由算盘的点击，不是由大刀的磨擦和点击，而是由笔的刮擦。
A good novel should be both a mirror and a window.
我不是为眼睛做音乐，我是为耳朵做音乐。
We came to get down, we came to get down
The speech we hear is an indication of that which we don't hear. It is a necessary avoidance, a violent, sly, anguished or mocking smokescreen which keeps the other in its place.
真正的文学应该能够改变读者的生活。
"Every story is a journey, and every journey is a story."