I think that age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

艺术是当你不知道该做什么时做的事情。

矿工的安全是任何生产报告的第一行。

One has to pay dearly for immortality；one has to die several times while still alive.

你不能只做一次有效的事情，你周围的一切都在不断变化。要成功，就要走在变化的前面。

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 take up novel writing.