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.

"We are all broken, that's how the light gets in."

艺术是一种以不同方式看待世界的方式。

As far as carrying the torch for the years to come, I don’t know. I just want to be the best basketball player I can be.

"我写作是为了让不可见的东西变得可见。"

The absence is often more powerful than the presence.

一个故事的真相在于它的情感核心。