写作就是呼吸，就是生活，就是超越时间界限的存在。

过去并非异国，而是我们自己。

Now, I am not going to stand here and tell you that failure is fun. That period of my life was a dark one, and I had no idea that there was going to be what the press has since represented as a kind of fairy tale resolution. I had no idea then how far the tunnel extended, and for a long time, any light at the end of it was a hope rather than a reality.

Passion is the fuel that drives creativity and keeps the fire burning.

Being busy is a form of laziness—lazy thinking and indiscriminate action.

解释：称赞人不夸大他好的地方，那么听的人心里不痛快；诽谤人不增加他的过错，那么听的人心里不满足。