成为作家意味着成为观察者、倾听者和记录者。
To be a writer is to be a watcher, a listener, a recorder.
Trust is the expectation that arises within a community of regular, honest, and cooperative behavior, based on commonly shared norms, on the part of other members of that community.
艺术家必须是不可见之物的仆人。
——辛格1978年诺贝尔文学奖获奖演说
Man is neither wholly good nor wholly evil, but a mixture of both.
Art should elevate the soul, not merely amuse the senses.
My goal is to create a world that is neither Eastern nor Western.
在我的字典里找不到「不可能」这个字。
We have to be willing to change and adapt to the new reality.