我是个失败的诗人。也许每个小说家都想先写诗，发现自己做不到，然后尝试短篇小说，这是诗歌之后要求最高的形式。如果连这都失败了，他才会转向写小说。
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.
Don't wait until they tell you, you are ready. Show it. Do it.
美的事物是永恒的喜悦：它的可爱与日俱增；它永远不会化为乌有。
仲弓问仁。孔子说：“出门时要象会见贵宾一样庄重，建工程时要象举行盛大祭典一样严肃。自己不愿做的，不要强加于人。同事中相处融洽，亲属中和睦友爱。”仲弓说：“我虽不才，愿照此办理。”