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 turn to the novel.

我首先是个妈妈，其他都是其次。

相信有时是痛苦的。但如果停止相信，什么都不会开始。

心灵是一个操作符号表征的信息处理系统。

风俗习惯是人类生活的重要指南。

You can't run a business, or anything, on a theory.

永远不要为了速度而牺牲质量。

The city is a collective work of art.