小说家的任务不是告诉读者世界是什么样子,而是让读者看到世界可能是什么样子。
具备文化素养意味着拥有在现代社会中茁壮成长所需的基本信息。
写作就是直面存在的混乱并对其施加某种秩序。
On motivation: "I strongly believe that missionaries make better products. They care more. For a missionary, it's not just about the business. There has to be a business, and the business has to make sense, but that's not why you do it. You do it because you have something meaningful that motivates you."
To be a writer is to be a watcher, a listener, a recorder.
You can't change the past, but you can ruin the present by worrying about the future.
舞台上的每一分钟,都是我最珍惜的时刻。
大海是万物的隐喻:生命、死亡、未知。
我对边缘人群感兴趣,对那些被历史排除在外的人感兴趣。