作家的任务是挖掘埋藏在人心中的秘密。

我是一个诚实的小鬼，如果我们有幸逃过惩罚，我们会很快改过自新，不然你就叫我是个骗子。

Old paint on canvas, as it ages, sometimes becomes transparent. When that happens it is possible, in some pictures, to see the original lines: a tree will show through a woman's dress, a child makes way for a dog, a large boat is no longer on an open sea. That is called pentimento because the painter 'repented,' changed his mind. Perhaps it would be as well to say that the old conception, replaced by a later choice, is a way of seeing and then seeing again.

（关于最优选择方法论）在餐厅你是点你知道的好吃的还是试试新菜？你会投资制造已经知道好卖的东西，还是尝试推出新产品？你是继续约会新人，还是试着对已经认识的人做出承诺？继续寻找新事物 vs 最大化收获已有事物价值的最优平衡点是：1/3。把1/3的时间花在探索上，2/3的时间花在深化上。随着年龄的增长，将时间投入到探索和尝鲜中是比较困难的，因为花费的时间似乎是低效，但请尽量试到1/3处再决策。