Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future.

我对成为历史上最好的不感兴趣。我感兴趣的是尽我所能做到最好。

It is wrong to have an ideal view of the world. That's where the mischief starts. That's where everything starts unravelling.

"To be a writer is to sit down at one's desk in the chill portion of every day, and to write; not waiting for the little jet of the blue flame of genius to start from the breastbone--just writing."