The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again since it is life.

Every novel is a journey into the unknown, both for the writer and the reader.

他们做事，上尊敬天，中敬奉鬼神，下关爱百姓。 

I try to make the invisible visible.

我相信讲故事的力量可以改变人心。

战场交锋，即使列阵有方，但以勇猛为本；操办丧事，即使礼节周全，但以哀痛为本；文人学士，即使学富五车，但以德行为本

无力感会腐化。绝对的无力感会绝对地腐化。

生产力反而经常分散我们的注意力。不要试图寻找更快完成任务的方法，而是把精力放在你根本不想停下来的任务上。