I like to be a free spirit. Some don’t like that, but that’s the way I am.

故事永远不会结束；它只是停止。

The true wealth of a country lies not just in its land but in its waters.

I'm a failed poet. Maybe every novelist wants to write poetry first, finds he can't and then tries the short story which is the most demanding form after poetry. And failing at that, only then does he turn to the novel.