The first lesson of crisis management is to get ahead of the curve.

I think all writing is a campaign against cliche. Not just cliches of the pen but cliches of the mind and cliches of the heart.

I keep thinking about this river somewhere, with the water moving really fast. And these two people in the water, trying to hold onto each other, holding on as hard as they can, but in the end it’s just too much. The current’s too strong. They’ve got to let go, drift apart.

That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you've understood all your life, but in a new way.

领导力在于让你的存在使他人变得更好。

写作是探索自我边界的过程。

我们唯一需要害怕的是恐惧本身的缺失。

时间是我所有作品中看不见的材料。

Most of what matters in our lives takes place in our absence.