"The great advantage of being a writer is that you can spy on people. You're there, listening to every word, but part of you is observing. Everything is useful to a writer, every scrap, even the longest and most boring of luncheon parties."

The footsteps of Nature are to be traced, not only in her ordinary course, but when she deviates from it in her most extravagant excursions.

读书求明理，须让自己满意；与别人谈道理，须令别人佩服。

The book is a mirror: if an ape looks into it, an apostle is unlikely to look out.

你要格外严谨，尽可能做出最好的东西。找出所有问题并解决它。寻求负面反馈，尤其是来自朋友的反馈。