The most necessary, the most important, the principal, the most essential thing for a musician is this: to know what he wants, what he can do, and what he ought to do.

You can be the ripest, juiciest peach in the world, and there's still going to be somebody who hates peaches.

I think that fiction is the best way to rewrite history.

远离一切颠倒的妄想，最终达到涅槃的境界。

The poet must be a seer, make himself a seer.

读古人的著作，与贤能的人交往，最忌讳轻率地表示附和赞同，也不能够轻率地表示异议。之所以会犯这两种过失，都是由于心中缺乏主见，做学问时就掺杂有趋炎附势的成分，不是曲意逢迎便是虚伪矫饰。