有自知之明的人，遇到问题了会反省自己，不会抱怨别人；能够掌握自己命运的人，只会积极进取，不会抱怨苍天。

停在港口的船是安全的，但那不是造船的目的。

I'm a failed poet. Maybe every novelist wants to write poetry first, finds he can't and then tries the short story which is the most demanding form after poetry. And failing at that, only then does he turn to the novel.