The evil always comes from details.
― The Man from Beijing (2010)
I know paradise has many gates, just as hell does. One has to learn to distinguish between them, or one is lost.
― The Dogs of Riga (1992)
To grow up is to wonder about things; to be grown up is to slowly forget the things you wondered about as a child.
― When the Snow Fell (2007)
People always leave traces. No person is without a shadow.
― The Troubled Man (2009)
Many people make the mistake of confusing information with knowledge. They are not the same thing. Knowledge involves the interpretation of information. Knowledge involves listening.
― The Art of Listening, a piece he wrote for the New York Times in 2011
Dreams can be of value even if you don’t have an opportunity to turn them into reality.
― The Troubled Man (2009)
Life is a flimsy branch over an abyss.
― Italian Shoes (2006)
The truth changes all the time.
― The Man from Beijing (2010)
New ideas are always resisted.
― The Man from Beijing (2010)
Those who contemplate never escape the doubt.
― Before the Frost (2002)
