The best novels are those that manage to create autonomous worlds, worlds that function according to their own laws and logic.

A writer is someone who spends years patiently trying to discover the second being inside him, and the world that makes him who he is.

I fell asleep reading a dull book and dreamed I kept on reading, so I awoke from sheer boredom.

The most beautiful works of art are those in which necessity and freedom are in perfect balance.

亲眼目睹世道的变化趋向，才知道国家治乱的关键必定在于人心的向背和风俗的好坏。