The creative act is not pure. History evidences it. Sociology extracts it. The writer loses Eden, writes to be read and comes to realize that he is answerable.

You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.

Art should be about asking questions, not giving answers.

眼睛看百步以内的东西，尚且没法看得一清二楚，而要把自己看见的就认为是实际有的，没有看见的就认为是没有的，这样的话天下所没有的东西，可就多了。

The details are not the details; they make the design.