It doesn’t matter how old I get, but as long as I continue to live I’ll always discover something new about myself.

You can hide memories, but you can’t erase the history that produced them.

If writing novels is like planting a forest, then writing short stories is more like planting a garden. The two processes complement each other, creating a complete landscape that I treasure. The green foliage of the trees casts a pleasant shade over the earth, and the wind rustles the leaves, which are sometimes dyed a brilliant gold. Meanwhile, in the garden, buds appear on the flowers, and colorful petals attract bees and butterflies, reminding us of the subtle transition from one season to the next.

And her sleep was too long and deep for that:so deep that she left her normal reality behind.

The best musicians transpose consciousness into sound; painters do the same for color and shape.

It seemed to me that this world has a serious shortage of both logic and kindness.

But if something did happen, it happened. Whether it's right or wrong. I accept everything that happens, and that's how I became the person I am now.