小说的艺术在于让读者忘记作家的存在。
The art of the novel is to make the reader forget that the writer exists.
我曾以为诗歌可以改变一切，可以改变历史并使人性化，我认为这种幻想对生活非常必要。
作家就是花多年耐心探索内心第二个自我的人。
It's easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission.
在每一次日落中，都有上千种颜色等待被发现。
对话应当面面俱到，无所不谈，但又不可深谈。
"Memory is a complicated thing, a relative to truth, but not its twin."
"Die Poesie ist die Muttersprache des Menschengeschlechts."
The universe could have started in a very smooth and uniform state, and then evolved into the complex and structured cosmos we see today.
未来是一面反映过去的镜子，但图像总是扭曲的。