A writer’s job is to notice the things others miss.

In the act of writing, we confront our deepest fears and desires.

文学是一种抵抗的形式，一种对压迫和不公说不的方式。

The reason why men enter into society is the preservation of their property.

The process is the purpose.

科学思想不像被分成越来越小的蛋糕，而像一棵不断分枝的树。

Interview with Infinity Plus (February 2001)

What can be said at all can be said clearly, and what we cannot talk about we must pass over in silence.