"In human relationships, kindness and lies are worth a thousand truths."
在人际关系中，善意和谎言胜过千言万语的真实。
The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in the world. And he must hold to this illusion even when he knows it is not true.
我从来对平庸不感兴趣。
I’m not a pessimist. I’m an optimist trained in pessimism.
I'd get this good feeling about all the things that I could be. And then I never became any of them.
当时我有种能成为任何栋梁之才的感觉,但结果什么也没成。