Our heroes are human heroes. That's a very new situation. Most other societies have had, right at their center, the worship of something transcendent: a god, a spirit, a natural force, the universe, whatever it is -- something else that is being worshiped. We've slightly lost the habit of doing that, which is, I think, why we're particularly drawn to nature.

Don't be embarrassed by your failures, learn from them and start again.

人的欲望和其他激情，本质上是受到他自己控制的；他真正的困难在于，要知道何时需要加以控制，何时不需要。

The creative act is not pure. History evidences it. Sociology extracts it. The writer loses Eden, writes to be read and comes to realize that he is answerable.

I think art is about trying to understand the world and your place in it.

燕子飞来时正值春社，梨花凋落后便是清明时节。

You don’t have to be the best, but you have to be the best you can be.