The key to performance is elegance, not battalions of special cases.
Wisdom acquisition is a moral duty. It’s not something you do just to advance in life. And there’s a corollary to that proposition which is very important. It means that you’re hooked for lifetime learning, and without lifetime learning you people are not going to do very well. You are not going to get very far in life based on what you already know.
The discipline of the written word punishes both stupidity and dishonesty.
一个好的作家是能够与读者的灵魂产生共鸣的人。