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.

伟大的艺术家所看到的，从来都不是世界的本来面目。一旦他看透了，他就不再是艺术家。

出自《抱朴子·广訾》。病到很急的时候就会觉得良医是重要的了，世道动乱的时候就会觉得忠贞的臣子是重要的了。