I’m interested in the idea of history as a kind of fiction.

过去总是紧张，未来才是完美。

Civilization is a stream with banks. The stream is sometimes filled with blood from people killing, stealing, shouting and doing the things historians usually record, while on the banks, unnoticed, people build homes, make love, raise children, sing songs, write poetry and even whittle statues. The story of civilization is the story of what happened on the banks.

电报不仅是一项发明，而且是团结人类的手段。

A good novel tells us the truth about its characters; a great novel tells us the truth about ourselves.