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.

一个好计划的最大敌人是梦想一个完美的计划。坚持好的计划。

2016年：贝索斯致股东信《每天都要像创业的第一天那样》

A true scientist must have not only the passion to pursue truth but also the courage to face the unknown.

写作是一种对抗遗忘、对抗死亡的方式。

There are no hard distinctions between what is real and what is unreal, nor between what is true and what is false. A thing is not necessarily either true or false; it can be both true and false.

当今天下的士人君子,内心果真想行仁义之道,做上等的贤士,上要符合圣王之道,下要符合国家与百姓的利益。