Simplicity is not the goal. It is the by-product of a good idea.

A writer's life is a highly vulnerable, almost naked activity. We don't have to weep about that. The writer makes his choice and is stuck with it. But it is true to say that you are open to all the winds, some of them icy indeed. You are out on your own, out on a limb. You find no shelter, no protection — unless you lie — in which case of course you have constructed your own protection and, it could be argued, become a politician.

没有人喜欢孤独，只是不想勉强交朋友，要真那么做的话，恐怕只会失望而已。

"世界是一个舞台，但演员选得很糟糕。"

I don’t focus on what I’m up against, I focus on my goals.