You can have all the talent in the world, but if you don’t work hard, it won’t matter.
即使你拥有世界上所有的天赋,如果不努力,也无济于事。
"The novel is a mirror that reflects the complexities of society, and the novelist is the one who polishes that mirror."
我喜欢跨越人们在各个领域之间设置的想象边界——这非常令人耳目一新。
The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to the idealised past.