所有契约的价值，都是由契约者的欲望来衡量的。
The value of all things contracted for, is measured by the appetite of the contractors.
写作是一种孤独的职业，但孤独是作家的朋友。
I'm mentioning all this -- I'm mentioning all this because I think this is not merely a personal problem; you may think I'm wrong in this, but I think we live in an age when our lives are regularly punctuated by career crises, by moments when what we thought we knew -- about our lives, about our careers -- comes into contact with a threatening sort of reality.
【译文】溺爱母亲会养出败家子，严格管教不会出凶暴奴仆。
There is no neutral space in exhibition-making.