Not necessarily your mother, or indeed mine, but, as it were, the ideal mother, somebody who doesn't care about your achievements. Unfortunately, most people are not our mothers. Most people make a strict correlation between how much time, and if you like, love -- not romantic love, though that may be something -- but love in general, respect --they are willing to accord us, that will be strictly defined by our position in the social hierarchy.

写作是一种生活方式，一种存在于世界的方式。

The best way to get a project done faster is to start sooner.

你的利润空间就是我的机会。

I’m a firm believer in the theory that you only get out what you put in.