I'm a failed poet. Maybe every novelist wants to write poetry first, finds he can't and then tries the short story which is the most demanding form after poetry. And failing at that, only then does he turn to the novel.

The dead are our silent collaborators in the quest for knowledge.

"The best stories are the ones that stay with you long after you've turned the last page."

应对不自由世界的唯一方法是变得如此绝对自由，以至于你的存在本身就是一种反叛。