So what I want to argue for is not that we should give up on our ideas of success, but we should make sure that they are our own. We should focus in on our ideas, and make sure that we own them; that we are truly the authors of our own ambitions. Because it's bad enough not getting what you want, but it's even worse to have an idea of what it is you want, and find out, at the end of the journey, that it isn't, in fact, what you wanted all along.
我想说的是，我们不该放弃，我们对成功的想象，但必须确定那些都是我们自己想要的，我们应该专注于我们自己的目标，确定这目标是我们真正想要的，确定这个梦想蓝图出自自己笔下。因为得不到自己想要的已经够糟糕了，更糟糕的是，在人生旅程的终点，发觉你所追求的从来就不是你真正想要的。
谦逊是智慧的起点，骄傲是愚蠢的终点。
写作不仅仅是讲述故事；它是探索人类经验的深度。
The true value of a forest cannot be measured in board feet alone.
"写作是一种孤独的职业，但孤独是作家的朋友。"
历史学家会告诉你发生了什么。小说家会告诉你那是什么感觉。
Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of intelligent effort.