比被人议论更糟的是无人议论。

To be a writer is to be a witness.

Life would be too smooth if it had no rubs in it.

2012年：贝索斯致股东信《长远思考才能做到不可能的事情》

我认为你不应该为你的兴奋道歉。

I cannot and do not live in the world of discretion, not as a writer, anyway. I would prefer to, I assure you—it would make life easier. But discretion is, unfortunately, not for novelists.

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