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.

Diplomacy is about building bridges between different countries and cultures, promoting mutual understanding and cooperation.

Most men die at twenty or thirty; thereafter they are only reflections of themselves.

I’ve always thought that the schoolboy who’s a bit of a troublemaker is the one who’s going to come out and do something really interesting.

认为世界上只有一种真理，而自己正掌握着它，在我看来这是世界上所有邪恶最深的根源。