I don't want to be just a star, I want to be a legend.

"The writer is a man who is always trying to find the right rhythm, the right tone, the right voice for his story."

That's exhilarating if you're doing well, and very crushing if you're not. It leads, in the worst cases -- in the analysis of a sociologist like Emil Durkheim -- it leads to increased rates of suicide. There are more suicides in developed, individualistic countries than in any other part of the world. And some of the reason for that is that people take what happens to them extremely personally -- they own their success, but they also own their failure.

释义：要了解过去和现在，以便灵活应变，适应变化。