Every challenge is an opportunity in disguise—if you’re willing to look for it.

The only way to deal with the pain of life is to embrace it.

If you're not stubborn, you'll give up on experiments too soon. And if you're not flexible, you'll pound your head against the wall and you won't see a different solution to a problem you're trying to solve.

If not me, who? If not now, when?

少即是多。

获得好想法的方法是获得很多想法，然后扔掉不好的。

小说是一面反映社会复杂性的镜子，而小说家则是打磨这面镜子的人。