To be a writer is to have a certain kind of sensitivity to the world, to be able to see what others do not see, to hear what others do not hear.
I don't want to be a master. I want to be a student.
没有执行的愿景只是一个梦想。
Separate the processes of creation from improving. You can’t write and edit, or sculpt and polish, or make and analyze at the same time. If you do, the editor stops the creator. While you invent, don’t select. While you sketch, don’t inspect. While you write the first draft, don’t reflect. At the start, the creator mind must be unleashed from judgement.
Better never means better for everyone... It always means worse, for some.
It is better to have 100 functions operate on one data structure than 10 functions on 10 data structures.