每一次创造行为首先是一种破坏行为。

你看到事物时会问“为什么？”而我梦想从未有过的事物时会问“为什么不呢？”

The first step in liquidating a people is to erase its memory. Destroy its books, its culture, its history. Then have somebody write new books, manufacture a new culture, invent a new history. Before long the nation will begin to forget what it is and what it was.

减少思虑，来调养心气；减少性欲来调养肾气；不要妄动，来调养骨气；戒止嗔怒，来调养肝气；饮食素淡，来调养胃气；减少话语，来调养神气；博鉴群书，来调养胆气；顺应时令，来调养元气。

I’m not afraid to start over.

作家最大的挑战不是找到正确的词语，而是在这些词语中找到真相。