The creative process is a form of meditation.

我写作是为了理解，为了抓住那些我无法掌握的现实。

The more specific you are, the more universal you become.

I think people believe in heaven because they don’t like the idea of dying, because they want to carry on living and they don’t like the idea that other people will move into their house and put their things into the rubbish.

对物品过于在意会毁了你。只是——如果你对某样东西足够在意，它就会拥有自己的生命，不是吗？而事物的全部意义——美丽的事物——不就是它们将你连接到更大的美吗？

所以君子努力做事就会日渐强大，安于嗜欲就日渐苟且，恭敬庄重就日益繁盛。