“As a science fiction writer who began as a fan, I do not use my fiction as a disguised way to criticize the reality of the present. I feel that the greatest appeal of science fiction is the creation of numerous imaginary worlds outside of reality. I’ve always felt that the greatest and most beautiful stories in the history of humanity were not sung by wandering bards or written by playwrights and novelists, but told by science. The stories of science are far more magnificent, grand, involved, profound, thrilling, strange, terrifying, mysterious, and even emotional, compared to the stories told by literature. Only, these wonderful stories are locked in cold equations that most do not know how to read. The creation myths of the various peoples and religions of the world pale when compared to the glory of the big bang. The three-billion-year history of life’s evolution from self-reproducing molecules to civilization contains twists and romances that cannot be matched by any myth or epic. There is also the poetic vision of space and time in relativity, the weird subatomic world of quantum mechanics … these wondrous stories of science all possess an irresistible attraction. Through the medium of science fiction, I seek only to create my own worlds using the power of imagination, and to make known the poetry of Nature in those worlds, to tell the romantic legends that have unfolded between Man and Universe.” SciencePoetryUniverseNatureMan Book:The Three-Body Problem Source: The Three-Body Problem
“「哈哈哈哈⋯⋯」沈華北大笑起來，失重的虛弱使他站立不穩，但在精神上他已亢奮到極點，「長城和金字塔都是完全失敗的超級工程，前者沒能擋住北方騎馬民族的入侵，後者也沒能使其中的法老木乃伊復活，但時間使這些都無關重要，只有凝結在其上的人類精神永遠光彩照人！」他指指身後高高聳立的地球隧道南極站，「與這條偉大的地心長城相比，你們這些哭哭啼啼的孟姜女是多麼可憐！哈哈哈哈⋯⋯」” SciencePessimismMonumentDerelict Book:地球大炮（Chinese Edition） Source: 地球大炮（Chinese Edition）
“I just want to ask the two of you one question: Is the technological gaps between humans and Trisolarans greater than the one between locusts and humans?" “Look at them, the bugs. Humans have used everything in their power to extinguish them: every kind of poison, aerial sprays, introducing and cultivating their natural predators, searching for and destroying their eggs, using genetic modification to sterilize them, burning with fire, drowning with water. Every family has bug spray, every desk has a flyswatter under it … this long war has been going on for the entire history of human civilization. But the outcome is still in doubt. The bugs have not been eliminated. They still proudly live between the heavens and the earth, and their numbers have not diminished from the time before the appearance of the humans. The Trisolarans who deemed the humans bugs seemed to have forgotten one fact: The bugs have never been truly defeated.” Science Book:Remembrance of Earth's Past Source: Remembrance of Earth's Past