Transform everything around you with love.
释义：无论是贤能还是平庸的人，一旦进入朝廷就容易遭到嫉妒；无论是美丽还是平常的女子，一旦进入后宫就容易遭受妒忌。
A writer must be stubborn, must have a vocation of sacrifice, and must accept that literature is a very cruel mistress.
Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.
Failure is the best teacher. You learn by making mistakes and figuring out how to correct them.