“在写作过程中，故事酝酿得越久，就越好。”

Music is the divine way to tell beautiful, poetic things to the heart.

I don't care what others say, only what I do.

The world doesn’t need more cute things. It needs more truth.

The writer must be a traitor to all forms of tyranny, including the tyranny of the majority.

我们不是从经验中学习……我们是从对经验的反思中学习。

译文：纵欲放荡、消极怠慢就不能勉励心志使精神振作，冒险草率、急躁不安就不能修养性情。赏析：我们要是一直沉迷于物质享受，贪图享乐，做任何事就会消极懈怠。做事草率鲁莽，浮浮躁躁的，事情也会难以成功。

The limits of the possible can only be defined by going beyond them into the impossible.

如果你没惹怒某些人，说明你做得不对。

I'm not perfect, I don't claim to be. But I'm trying.