The goal of mathematics is to make the simple complicated, and the complicated simple.

The novel is a great discovery: far greater than Galileo's telescope or somebody else's wireless. The novel is the highest form of human expression so far attained. Why? Because it is so incapable of the absolute.

小说不是社会的镜子，而是一扇窥视人心的窗户。

You have to be able to accept failure to get better.

艺术可以是重获历史的一种方式。

The world needs more love, less hate.

Never stop questioning—that’s where progress begins.