The things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest, are the traits of success.

Literature isn’t a moral beauty contest. Its power arises from the authority of a voice, not the purity of a soul.

Writing is about making something seem real, not about making it real.

如果我们从一开始就能预见，甚至证明，遵循某种方法我们将达到我们的目标，那么这种解决方法就是完美的。

我相信要直面挑战，而不是回避它们。

领导力在于带来清晰度、激发能量并实现成功。

有史以来最大的发现就是，一个人仅仅改变自己的态度，就能改变他的未来。