过去是一个陌生的国度；那里的人做事方式不同。
Your mindset determines your lifestyle.
【译文】《诗经》三百零五篇，用一句话概括它的全部内容，可以说是：思想纯洁，没有邪恶的东西。
如果你想要某种品质，表现得好像你已经拥有它。
A writer's life is a highly vulnerable, almost naked activity. We don't have to weep about that. The writer makes his choice and is stuck with it. But it is true to say that you are open to all the winds, some of them icy indeed. You are out on your own, out on a limb. You find no shelter, no protection — unless you lie — in which case of course you have constructed your own protection and, it could be argued, become a politician.
