Every frame in a film should be a painting, every scene a story.

You’ve got to have models in your head. And you’ve got to array your experience—both vicarious and direct—on this latticework of models. You may have noticed students who just try to remember and pound back what is remembered. Well, they fail in school and in life. You’ve got to hang experience on a latticework of models in your mind.

2012年莫言诺贝尔文学奖演讲稿

爱就是冒着不被爱的风险。希望就是冒着痛苦的风险。尝试就是冒着失败的风险，但必须承担风险，因为人生最大的危险就是什么都不冒险。

释义：早早成功的人未必能取得长久的成就，晚点成功的人也未必不能达到目标。因此，不能因为年轻就自满骄傲，也不能因为年老就自暴自弃。

人声是最危险的乐器。