一个作家是一个对现实世界不满意的人，他想要改变它，改善它，让它变得更美丽，更公正，更宜居。

凡事天下要考察有无的原则，必定是以众人的耳目所见所闻的实情以知有与无来作为标准的。 

True progress in agriculture measures success by both harvests and ecosystem health.

一个人越是有许多事情能够放得下，他越是富有。

一个简单的想法，要认真对待。

"Literature is the bridge between the individual and the universal, connecting personal experience with the collective human condition."

The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.

死者比我们更活生生，因为他们是完整的。

The number one organ of ridicule, nowadays, is the newspaper. If you open the newspaper any day of the week, it's full of people who've messed up their lives. They've slept with the wrong person, taken the wrong substance, passed the wrong piece of legislation -- whatever it is, and then are fit for ridicule. In other words, they have failed. And they are described as "losers." Now, is there any alternative to this? I think the Western tradition shows us one glorious alternative, which is tragedy.

I don't think about music in terms of categories. I just play what feels good.

如果战斗不可避免，先发制人。