A novel is a long answer to a question you can’t quite formulate.
小說是對一個你無法確切表述的問題的長篇回答。
The writer cannot be a mere storyteller; he cannot be a mere teacher; he cannot be a mere entertainer. He must be all of these and more.
Interest is the first and most important ingredient in the recipe for grit.
To write a good love letter， you ought to begin without knowing what you mean to say， and to finish without knowing what you have written.
The greatest predictor of a novel's quality is the novelist's willingness to confront the unlovely truth about himself or herself.