The only sensible ends of literature are, first, the pleasurable toil of writing; second, the gratification of one's family and friends; and lastly, the solid cash.

"You can't manage what you don't measure."

The founders of a new colony, whatever Utopia of human virtue and happiness they might originally project, have invariably recognized it among their earliest practical necessities to allot a portion of the virgin soil as a cemetery, and another portion as the site of a prison.

诗歌是表达不可言说之物的艺术。

"A story is not a letter to be read, but a door to be opened."

The best way to predict the future is to create it.

I'm the reason your water won't flow.