有独创性的作家，除非死了，否则总是令人震惊、令人愤慨的；新奇的事物会扰乱和排斥。

天才不过是比其他人看得更远的人。

荣耀转眼即逝；而平凡才是永恒。

The text is a tissue of quotations drawn from the innumerable centers of culture.

我们进化而来的心理是所有文化的基础，而不是相反。

农业的未来在于规模化、标准化、智能化。

I don’t ask writers about their work habits. I really don’t care. Joyce Carol Oates says somewhere that when writers ask each other what time they start working and when they finish and how much time they take for lunch, they’re actually trying to find out, ‘Is he as crazy as I am?’ I don’t need that question answered.