Denying or deflecting a compliment is rude. Accept it with thanks， even if you believe it is not deserved.

The worst pain a man can suffer is to have insight into much and power over nothing.

What information consumes is rather obvious: it consumes the attention of its recipients. Hence a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention.

"The past is never dead. It's not even past."

I like to leave space for the reader's imagination to work.

Quality is not a tool, it is a mindset.