A novel is not just a story; it is a constructed object, an artifice that must be as perfect as possible.

我试图用火药捕捉时间的流动。

The truth is often uncomfortable, but it is necessary.

The writer’s loyalty must be to literature, not to ideology.

Color is my day-long obsession, joy and torment.

对人骄傲无礼的人，不是有出息的人。骄傲，就是自满；自满，就是空虚。行事有了自满与空虚，做事就会被限制。

"The stories we tell about animals say more about us than they do about them."

我喜欢讲故事，而且我喜欢用视觉上引人入胜的方式来讲述。