I'm a failed poet. Maybe every novelist wants to write poetry first, finds he can't, and then tries the short story, which is the most demanding form after poetry. And, failing at that, only then does he take up novel writing.
我是个失败的诗人。也许每个小说家都想先写诗，发现自己做不到，然后尝试短篇小说，这是诗歌之后要求最高的形式。如果连这都失败了，他才会转向写小说。
The soul is the living bridge between the spirit and the body.
The only way to do great work is to love what you do.
The individual is not accountable to society for his actions in so far as these concern the interests of no person but himself.
Little bitty stinging rain, and big old fat rain, rain that flew in side every ways.
Believe in your ideas, even if no one else does.
经济正义之路始于承认每个人的全部人性。
A great novel is one that changes the way you see the world.