种一棵树最好的时间是20年前，其次是现在。
The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago; the second-best time is now.
Art should create a kind of productive discomfort.
一个人必须尽力而为，然后平静地接受结果。
If a writer doesn't generate hostility, he is dead.
最终，我们记住的不是敌人的话语，而是朋友的沉默。