A novel is not just a story; it is a constructed object, an artifice that must be as perfect as possible.
小说不仅仅是一个故事;它是一个建构的物体,一种必须尽可能完美的艺术技巧。
"The Middle East is not just a geography, it's an open wound in the body of history that keeps bleeding stories."
"We are all agreed that your theory is crazy. The question which divides us is whether it is crazy enough to have a chance of being correct."
Immature love says: 'I love you because I need you.' Mature love says: 'I need you because I love you.'
Complexity is not just about the number of components in a system, but about the nature of their interactions.