在我能与他人生活之前，我必须先与自己相处。不服从多数规则的是一个人的良心。

To combat an adversary， become their friend.

成为一名作家意味着对世界有一种特殊的敏感，能够看到别人看不到的东西，听到别人听不到的声音。

So why do I talk about the benefits of failure? Simply because failure meant a stripping away of the inessential. I stopped pretending to myself that I was anything other than what I was, and began to direct all my energy into finishing the only work that mattered to me.

人变得真正低劣时，除了高兴别人的不幸外，已无其他乐趣可言。

最好的领导者是那些先倾听、学习，然后再领导的人。

写作是探索人类心灵复杂性的一种方式。