最好的小说是那些能够创造自主世界的作品，这些世界按照自己的法则和逻辑运作。
The best novels are those that manage to create autonomous worlds, worlds that function according to their own laws and logic.
The principle goal of education in the schools should be creating men and women who are capable of doing new things, not simply repeating what other generations have done.
现代性是一个未完成的计划，需要持续的批判性反思和民主更新。
I’ve always been drawn to music that tells a story.
If God intended everybody to be the same, he’d have given us all braces on our legs.