The novel is a lie that tells the truth, a lie that reveals reality more profoundly than the factual truth.
小说是一个讲述真相的谎言，一个比事实真相更深刻地揭示现实的谎言。
Writing about crime is really writing about society's fractures and failings.
未来属于那些相信自己梦想之美的人。
Don’t tell me how good you make it; tell me how good it makes me when I use it.
现实不仅比我们假设的更奇怪，而且比我们能假设的更奇怪。
译文：有幸遇到世道太平、年成丰收，正好借此偷闲，此时诸事顺遂。在忘却世俗机心之处，心境如平静的水波，仿佛独自镇守在水晶宫般安宁。