The true value of a forest cannot be measured in board feet, but in the breath of the planet.

我们是真正的国家，不是地图上以强人之名划定的边界。

A writer's life is a highly vulnerable, almost naked activity. We don't have to weep about that. The writer makes his choice and is stuck with it. But it is true to say that you are open to all the winds, some of them icy indeed. You are out on your own, out on a limb. You find no shelter, no protection — unless you lie — in which case of course you have constructed your own protection and, it could be argued, become a politician.

我不是说唱歌手，我是一个传奇。