我的未完成的过去，从后边缠绕到我身上，使我难于死去，请从它那里释放了我吧。
Writing is the only thing that, when I do it, I don't feel I should be doing something else.
君主所凭借着驱使臣下的，只有尚贤一种方法；臣下用来侍奉君主的，也只有仁义一条途径。
The novel is the great modern epic because it can contain everything: poetry, history, philosophy, politics.
作家的角色是作为一个见证者，为那些不能为自己发声的人发声。
"You have to be patient and persistent. Success doesn't come overnight."