我是个失败的诗人。也许每个小说家都想先写诗，发现自己做不到，然后尝试短篇小说，这是诗歌之后要求最高的形式。如果连这都失败了，他才会转向写小说。
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.
Poetry is the language of a state of crisis.
质量从来不是偶然的；它始终是智慧努力的结果。
写作就是抵抗——抵抗遗忘，抵抗沉默。
The best way to get out of a situation is to never get into it in the first place.
最大的风险是不冒任何风险。在一个快速变化的世界里，唯一注定失败的策略是不冒险。