The book is a weapon against oblivion.

如果你不经历艰难时刻，你就无法到达美好的时光。

I'm interested in those characters who are struggling with something, who are trying to figure something out.

生活上，不能吃光，不能穿光，说话时留有余地；处事上，又要懂得，又要做得，遇逆境还要善于忍耐。

每个产品在设计时都应考虑到它的下一次生命。

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.