The most durable thing in writing is style, and style is the most valuable investment a writer can make with his time.

Every blank space is an opportunity to disrupt expectations.

"Life on a lifeboat isn't much of a life. It is like an end game in chess, a game with few pieces. The elements couldn't be more simple, nor the stakes higher."

真相很少是纯粹的，也从不简单。

"The joy of drawing is in the doing, not in the finished product."

"Art is not a mirror held up to reality but a hammer with which to shape it."