舞台上的每一首歌，都是我的心声。

身边的人都不能亲近，就不要希望招徕远方的人。 

我认为没有什么比发明家看到自己头脑中的创造逐渐走向成功时所感受到的激动更能震撼人心的了……这样的情感让人忘记食物、睡眠、朋友、爱情，忘记一切。

【释义】想要成就一番事业，必须先建立坚定的自信；想要胜过他人，必须先克服自身的缺点与不足。

The body is a landscape of scars, each one a story, a memory, a lesson.

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 turn to the novel.