The beauty of literature lies in its ability to transcend time and space.

我们的文化不仅仅是我们心中所承载的东西；它是我们存在的本质。

I'm not a perfectionist, but I like to feel that things are done well.

写作是一种不被中断的说话方式。

The writer is either a practicing recluse or a delinquent, guilt-ridden one.

意见正确而不被采纳，意见错误而不被废止，有功的人得不到奖赏，有罪的人得不到惩治，这样能够治理好百姓国家的，从来没有过。

I'm the only person I know that's lost a quarter of a billion dollars in one year...It's very character-building.

I touched the pain in my chest. It was the place where she had one or two times in my hair.