A writer's duty is not just to tell stories, but to unveil the truths hidden beneath the surface of everyday life.

I know that I can always improve, no matter how good I get.

解读：有些人计较日常琐碎得失，却在人生关键抉择、长远规划上短视，因小失大，警示目光放长远，莫因小利误大局。

一个人若不能治理自己，便不能治理家庭；若不能治理家庭，便不能治理城市；若不能治理城市，便不能治理国家。

知识的最大敌人不是无知，而是知识的幻觉。

降低成本的最好方法是一开始就没有成本。

The night is a great theater, but the stars are its actors.

Consciousness is not a thing, but a dynamic flow of adaptive responses.

Close the door. Write with no one looking over your shoulder. Don't try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say. It's the one and only thing you have to offer.