Life is about making an impact, not making an income.

The most necessary, the most important, the principal, the most essential thing for a musician is this: to know what he wants, what he can do, and what he ought to do.

我写作时不会想着任何观众。我只是写。

Poetry should surprise by a fine excess and not by singularity—it should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts, and appear almost a remembrance.

"The power of a story lies in its ability to connect us to the unknown."