威胁我们文明的99%的麻烦都来自于过于乐观，因此我们应该有一个更加保守的会计制度。
Ninety-nine percent of the troubles that threaten our civilization come from too optimistic, therefore we should have a system where the accounting is a way more conservative.
A writer's life is a highly vulnerable, almost naked activity. We don't have to weep about that. The writer makes his choice and is stuck with it. But it is true to say that you are open to all the winds, some of them icy indeed. You are out on your own, out on a limb. You find no shelter, no protection — unless you lie — in which case of course you have constructed your own protection and, it could be argued, become a politician.
"Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass, but learning to dance in the rain."
既然你生来就是要脱颖而出的，为什么要随波逐流？