Sometimes, what we need is not a bowl of chicken soup, but a slap in the face.

New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common.

"Writing is a way to talk without being interrupted."

如果你希望成功，当以恒心为良友、以经验为参谋、以谨慎为兄弟、以希望为哨兵。

The artist must be a weaver of dreams.

写作的艺术就是发现你所相信的艺术。

解释：把利益给出去，就会有实惠返回来；把怨恨给出去，就会有祸害返回来。