小说是生成意义的机器。
The joy of solving a mathematical problem is unparalleled; it is a moment of pure intellectual triumph.
要理解一种文化，首先必须理解它的故事。
The most profound technologies are those that disappear. They weave themselves into the fabric of everyday life until they are indistinguishable from it.
Survival can be summed up in three words – never give up. That’s the heart of it really. Just keep trying.
The writer's only responsibility is to his art. He will be completely ruthless if he is a good one... If a writer has to rob his mother, he will not hesitate; the "Ode on a Grecian Urn" is worth any number of old ladies.