Don't criticize what you can't understand.

Literature isn't a moral beauty contest.

小说是作家和读者之间跨越时间和空间的对话。

The things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest, are the traits of success.

The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.

It goes against the grain of modern education to teach children to program. What fun is there in making plans, acquiring discipline in organizing thoughts, devoting attention to detail and learning to be self-critical?