The key to survival is preparation. Know your environment and be ready for anything.

我写作是为了面对沉默，打破它。

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.

我从不回头看，我向前看。

人类对变化过敏。他们喜欢说，“我们一直都是这样做的。”我试图与之抗争。这就是为什么我的墙上有一个逆时针运行的时钟。

Everyone wants a better life: very few of us want to be better people.

化工行业有责任在减少环境影响方面发挥带头作用。