You have to be willing to fail in order to succeed.

I think that's the single most important thing about writing: it's about making the familiar strange and the strange familiar.

当我写作时，我的目标不是纽约，而是堪萨斯州以东一个模糊的地方。

任何东西的初稿都是狗屎。

政权要稳定长久，就必须推行顺应民心的政策。

I write not to explain the world but to understand it.