The novel is a machine for generating meaning.

The most interesting art is the art that doesn’t give you all the answers.

二十年后，你会懊悔更多的是那些现在没做，而不是真的做了的事。所以，抛开绳结，驶离安全的港湾。掌握好你的风向，勇敢的探险，梦想，发现吧。

I don't have to prove anything to anyone. I only have to follow my heart and concentrate on what I want to say to the world. I run my world.

The problem is, if you really believe in a society where those who merit to get to the top, get to the top, you'll also, by implication, and in a far more nasty way, believe in a society where those who deserve to get to the bottom also get to the bottom and stay there. I nother words, your position in life comes to seem not accidental, but merited and deserved. And that makes failure seem much more crushing.