作家的任务在于能够从某种理念中创造出作品。
经济进步的叙述必须包括那些被落下的人的声音。
Failure gave me an inner security that I had never attained by passing examinations. Failure taught me things about myself that I could have learned no other way. I discovered that I had a strong will, and more discipline than I had suspected; I also found out that I had friends whose value was truly above the price of rubies.