一部好电影应该像一面镜子，反映人性的复杂性。

小说的写作不是为了给出答案，而是为了提出正确的问题。

Truth is often stranger than fiction.

The most successful modern states are those that have been able to combine a strong state with the rule of law and democratic accountability.

投资中最重要的决定是资产配置。

The artist, like the God of the creation, remains within or behind or beyond or above his handiwork, invisible, refined out of existence, indifferent, paring his fingernails.

我信奉老派作风——写经得起时间考验的歌。