The desire to be a servant had been bred into me: bone, blood, and skin.

I'm mentioning all this -- I'm mentioning all this because I think this is not merely a personal problem; you may think I'm wrong in this, but I think we live in an age when our lives are regularly punctuated by career crises, by moments when what we thought we knew -- about our lives, about our careers -- comes into contact with a threatening sort of reality.

All good writing is swimming under water and holding your breath.

性格不是你与生俱来且无法改变的东西，比如你的指纹。它是你并非与生俱来且必须负责塑造的东西。

Remember, hope is a good stuff, maybe the best thing, and no good stuff will fade away!