The independents are the ones who tend to commit suicide. I'm not against this way of being in the world. Individuals have brought us many treasures. You can't just say that's a bad way of being in the world - it's not. But it's not everyone's way of being in the world.

Whatever I do in life, I'm almost always aware that there's another way to do it.

Anything is possible. A man is what he makes up his mind to be.

I'm trying to give people an idea of what black looks like and what white looks like before I introduce them to gray.

When I think about why I would be a writer, why I should continue to be a writer, it seems to me one of the few things you can dowhere you're never bored.

Chinese language tends to be quick, economical. To know what people are saying, you always need to know what the context is.

A man was the sum of his limits; freedom only made him see how much so.