作家必须是一个异端，一个质疑所有绝对的人。

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

The older I get, the more I realize that the only thing that matters is to be true to yourself.

"Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future."

A building should speak of its time and place, but yearn for timelessness.

你是自己生活的艺术家。不要把画笔交给别人。

To write a good love letter， you ought to begin without knowing what you mean to say， and to finish without knowing what you have written.