Collaboration across disciplines is where the most exciting breakthroughs happen.

一切人类知识都源于经验。

I'm a failed poet. Maybe every novelist wants to write poetry first, finds he can't, and then tries the short story, which is the most demanding form after poetry. And, failing at that, only then does he take up novel writing.

小说是一面反映人类存在复杂性的镜子。

诗是一种理解世界的方式，而不仅仅是解释它。