Talent isn’t genius. And No amount of energy can make it so. I want to be great or nothing.

A writer must be stubborn, must have a vocation of sacrifice, and must accept that literature is a very cruel mistress.

True leaders are always alone.

We are all of us, in our different ways, seeking to escape the trap of our own minds.

真相很少是纯粹的，也从不简单。

节俭就会昌盛，放纵享乐就会灭亡。

海洋给予，也带走一切。