Talent is the foundation of enterprise development; without it, even the best strategy is meaningless.

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.

History is not the past—it is the method we have evolved of organizing our ignorance of the past.

伟大的小说是改变我们看世界方式的小说。

没有刻苦钻研的精神，就不能明辨事情的道理；没有专心致志的工作，就不会取得显赫的成绩。