"A story is a letter that the author writes to himself, to tell himself things that he would be unable to discover otherwise."

If you spend more than 13 minutes analyzing economic and market forecasts, you’ve wasted 10 minutes.

The truth is, we are all waiting for someone to take care of us. We are all waiting for someone to tell us what to do.

我认为数学之所以有价值，是因为它具有这种令人难以置信的结构，你可以探索和发现。

文学最大的敌人是良好的品味。

Every setback is a setup for a comeback.

To paint is to breathe life onto canvas, to capture the soul of a moment.

摆脱诱惑的唯一方法是屈服于它。

Failure gave me an inner security that I had never attained by passing examinations. Failure taught me things about myself that I could have learned no other way. I discovered that I had a strong will, and more discipline than I had suspected; I also found out that I had friends whose value was truly above the price of rubies.