The only person you should try to be better than is the person you were yesterday.
"Writing is a way of life, a way of understanding the world and oneself."
Money and power don't change you, they reveal who you really are.
"I'm not interested in just copying a photograph. I'm interested in the transformation that takes place when you make a painting."
The world is not dialectical—it is sworn to extremes, not to equilibrium, sworn to radical antagonism, not to reconciliation or synthesis.
一本书是作者和读者穿越时间的亲密对话。
Hold on, success at the next corner waiting for you.
The way to make progress is to acknowledge ignorance.