Take note if you find yourself wondering “Where is my good knife？ Or， where is my good pen？” That means you have bad ones. Get rid of those.

A writer must be stubborn, must have a vocation of sacrifice, and must accept that literature is a very cruel mistress.

The best way to predict the future is to invent it.

I never imitate others because I'm unique.

The creative act is not pure. History evidences it. Ideology demands it. Society exacts it. The artist loses his freedom the moment he creates a work of art.

在爱情中我们都是傻瓜。

作一年的打算，最好是种植五谷；作十年的打算，最好是种植树木；作终身的打算，最好是培育人才。

I don't know how to make songs like that, I don't know what words to use. Let me know when it occurs to you.

Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.