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.
我是个失败的诗人。也许每个小说家最初都想写诗，发现自己做不到后尝试短篇小说——那是仅次于诗歌要求最高的形式。连这个也失败了，他才会转向长篇小说。
The purpose of music is to sober and quiet the mind, thus making it susceptible to divine influences.
What I claim is to live to the full the contradiction of my time, which may well make sarcasm the condition of truth.
作家的任务是使不可见的变得可见。