You should write, first of all, to please yourself. You shouldn't care a damn about anybody else at all.

小说是生成意义的机器。

Memories, even your most precious ones, fade surprisingly quickly. But I don’t go along with that. The memories I value most, I don’t ever see them fading.

The artist must be a child of the earth.

真正的文学没有边界，无论是地理上的还是时间上的。

格瓦拉第二次漫游南美前对母亲说

If you're not willing to put in the work, someone else will.

任正非内部讲话稿

"I want to be remembered for my music, not my persona."

心要安放在身体里（指心要专注内守）。