The human spirit is stronger than anything that can happen to it.
人类的精神比任何可能发生的事情都要强大。
Literature is the question minus the answer.
我不害怕风险,我害怕遗憾。
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.