Writing is the only thing I've ever done with persistence, except for being married.

绳：衡量。诬：歪曲、诬蔑。

如果我觉得所在的城市美丽迷人，那么我的生活一定也是如此。

Failure isn’t a necessary evil. In fact, it isn’t evil at all. It is a necessary consequence of doing something new.

解读：智慧并非单纯知识堆砌，而是精准权衡事物各要素关系，做出客观、公平评判，不夸大不缩小，正确抉择。