我唱歌不是为了完美，我唱歌是为了活着。

Gratitude will unlock all other virtues and is something you can get better at.

最好的肥料是农民在田间的身影。

The writer must be a witness to history, even if history ignores him.

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.