A writer's life is a highly vulnerable, almost naked activity. We don't have to weep about that. The writer makes his choice and is stuck with it. But it is true to say that you are open to all the winds, some of them icy indeed. You are out on your own, out on a limb. You find no shelter, no protection — unless you lie — in which case of course you have constructed your own protection and, it could be argued, become a politician.

同有修养的人交谈，胜过闷头读十年书。

写作是探索人类灵魂未知领域的过程。

The first prerequisite of a sound foreign policy is a clear understanding of one's own values.

我不是来追求完美的，我是来展现真实的自己。

我不追求名利，只追求内心的满足。