So what I want to argue for is not that we should give up on our ideas of success, but we should make sure that they are our own. We should focus in on our ideas, and make sure that we own them; that we are truly the authors of our own ambitions. Because it's bad enough not getting what you want, but it's even worse to have an idea of what it is you want, and find out, at the end of the journey, that it isn't, in fact, what you wanted all along.
真正的挑战不是种得更多,而是用更少的资源种得更好。
任何一种成瘾都是恶习,无论是对酒精、吗啡或理想的成瘾。
The act of writing is an act of optimism. You would not take the trouble to do it if you felt it didn't matter.