我是个失败的诗人。也许每个小说家最初都想写诗,发现自己做不到后尝试短篇小说——那是仅次于诗歌要求最高的形式。连这个也失败了,他才会转向长篇小说。
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 turn to the novel.
最好的投资是那些正在建设未来的人。
Everything we do here is important.
艺术是一种提出社会不敢提出的问题的方式。