The task of the writer is to confront the chaos of existence and to find some kind of order within it.
作家的任务是面对存在的混乱，并在其中找到某种秩序。
Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.
The power of abstraction is that it allows us to ignore details that are not relevant to the task at hand.
Success is a function of persistence and doggedness and the willingness to work hard for twenty-two minutes to make sense of something that most people would give up on after thirty seconds.
