总要要求一个最后期限。最后期限能够帮你淘汰那些无关紧要的东西。避免追求完美，你必须追求与众不同，与众不同比完美更好。

There is only one boss. The customer. And he can fire everybody in the company from the chairman on down, simply by spending his money somewhere else.

小说是一面反映社会复杂性的镜子，而小说家则是打磨这面镜子的人。

共识是缺乏领导力的表现。

Close the door. Write with no one looking over your shoulder. Don't try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say. It's the one and only thing you have to offer.