当有人和你讲人类历史的巅峰辉煌之年，即事情走下坡路之前的那段时期，你发现好像总是他们10岁的时候--这是任何人类存在的高峰。

"A character in a novel has more freedom than his creator - this is the irony that sustains my writing."

Literature is a false representation of life that nevertheless helps us to understand life better, to orient ourselves in the labyrinth where we are born, pass, and die.

我们开采的土地不属于我们所有，而是由我们管理。

Success is not about the money you make, it's about the difference you make in people's lives.

"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars."