Quality should never be compromised, because reputation is built over a lifetime but lost in a moment.

处于逆境，思想要开拓放达，奋发图强；处于顺境，思想要警觉收敛，约束自身。

I cannot and do not live in the world of discretion, not as a writer, anyway. I would prefer to, I assure you—it would make life easier. But discretion is, unfortunately, not for novelists.

音乐是人类通用的语言。

独自守在窗前，怎样才能熬到天黑

Power resides where men believe it resides. It's a trick, a shadow on the wall. 

宇宙不在你之外。审视你自己；你所渴望的一切，你早已拥有。