The best way to be happy is to let go of what you can’t control.

And when his audience grew bored, he would spring into the air and do a back flip with a half twist.

The real power of art lies in its ability to question power itself.

预测未来的最好方法就是设计它。

A writer's life is a highly vulnerable, almost naked activity. We don't have to weep about that. The writer makes his choice and is stuck with it. But it is true to say that you are open to all the winds, some of them icy indeed. You are out on your own, out on a limb. You find no shelter, no protection — unless you lie — in which case of course you have constructed your own protection and, it could be argued, become a politician.