通过别人的鞋可以了解很多东西，他们从哪儿来，将要到哪儿去。

我不追求目标、体系或倾向；我没有计划、风格或方向。

I always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come.

States are rational actors that seek to maximize their power and security in an anarchic international system.

小说是我们用来讲述真相的谎言。

作家的职责是讲述真相，即使它令人不适。

聪明好学，不以向地位低下的人请教为耻，所以称他为“文”。

A story is not just what is told, but what is left untold.

"La belleza no es una cualidad de las cosas en sí mismas: existe en la mente que las contempla."

The quest for certainty blocks the search for meaning. Uncertainty is the very condition to impel man to unfold his powers.