The true artist is not the one who is inspired, but the one who inspires others.
真正的艺术家不是受到启发的人,而是能启发他人的人。
The novel is not just a mirror to the world, but a hammer with which to shape it.
采撷花草编成同心结,想要送给知音人
Writing is a way of reclaiming one's voice.
The first step in liquidating a people is to erase its memory. Destroy its books, its culture, its history. Then have somebody write new books, manufacture a new culture, invent a new history. Before long the nation will begin to forget what it is and what it was. The world around it will forget even faster.
The most exciting, challenging and significant relationship of all is the one you have with yourself.
I will gyve thee in thine own courtship.