Those of us who have been fortunate have a duty to give back.Whether one gives a lot as one goes along as I do, or a little and then a lot (when one dies) as Warren does, is a matter of personal preference.
"The difference between correlation and causation is fundamental in empirical work."
小说家的任务不是告诉读者世界是什么样子,而是让读者看到世界可能是什么样子。
Conflict is the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. It instigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplike passivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.
I don't do things for the reaction or the attention. I do things because I love doing them.
Simple things should be simple, complex things should be possible.