When you light a candle, you also cast a shadow.

I think that's the single most important thing about writing: it's about making the familiar strange and the strange familiar.

译文：德行高于才能是君子，才能高于德行是小人。此句成为后世评判人才的根本标准。

"Writing is a way to make sense of our place in the universe."

我不考虑成为最好的。我考虑每天进步。