Leadership is about making others better as a result of your presence and making sure that impact lasts in your absence.

What's terrible is to pretend that second-rate is first-rate. To pretend that you don't need love when you do; or you like your work when you know quite well you're capable of better.

The only way you can write the truth is to assume that what you set down will never be read.

作家的真正力量在于他们能够让读者通过他们的眼睛看世界。