译文：凡是一个人要做一件事情，就必须把全部的精神都集中在这件事情上，从开头到结尾都不能松懈，不可以看到别的就改变主意，做着这件事又想着那件事，坐在这座山上又望着那座山。一个人如果没有恒心，一辈子都不会有什么成就。

真正的天才对于不完整感到战栗——通常宁愿保持沉默，也不愿说一些不完全的话。

"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."

已知有限，未知无穷；在理智上，我们立于无边不可解海洋中的一座小岛。

We are all obsessed with the idea of the frontier, but it's a frontier that keeps receding.

In the end, we are all just stories.

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.

Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.

The best stories are those that ask questions, not answer them.