The novel is the art of making the private public, the personal universal.
小说是将私人公开化、将个人普遍化的艺术。
The modern world has turned us into consumers, and consumption is the new religion.
The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.
写作就是面对内外的混乱，在无序中找到秩序。
身虽处天地万物之后，心却不在天地万物之前；身虽处天地万物之中，而心却在天地万物之上。
译文：弱者容易得到同情，强者反而招人怨恨。