小说质量的最大预测因素是小说家愿意面对自己或他人的不美好真相。
The greatest predictor of a novel's quality is the novelist's willingness to confront the unlovely truth about himself or herself.
"Thinking begins only when we have come to know that reason, glorified for centuries, is the most stiff-necked adversary of thought."
Where returns are concerned, time is your friend. But where costs are concerned, time is your enemy.
在回报方面，时间是你的朋友。但在成本方面，时间是你的敌人。
To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.
