如果一个人不过高地估计自己，他就会比他自己所估计的要高得多。

最好的想法像笑话一样出现。让你的思维尽可能有趣。

I cannot and do not live in the world of discretion, not as a writer, anyway. I would prefer to, I assure you—it would make life easier. But discretion is, unfortunately, not for novelists.

It is not the young people that degenerate,they are not spoiled till those of mature age are already sunk into corruption.

每一个挑战都是学习和成长的机会。

Separate the processes of creation from improving. You can’t write and edit， or sculpt and polish， or make and analyze at the same time. If you do， the editor stops the creator. While you invent， don’t select. While you sketch， don’t inspect. While you write the first draft， don’t reflect. At the start， the creator mind must be unleashed from judgement.