海洋的恩赐是一种特权，而不是应得的权利。

Read, read, read. Read everything — trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read! You'll absorb it. Then write. If it's good, you'll find out. If it's not, throw it out of the window.

A great novel is one that changes the way you see the world.

世界上充满了神奇的事物，耐心地等待着我们的感官变得更加敏锐。

I've always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come.

But how can you do push-ups when your nose gets in the way?

永远要黑白分明、百折不回。你的诚信必须要毋庸置疑。当一个人不需要付出代价或承担后果的时候，坚持做正确的事情并非难事。但当必须得放弃一些东西时，你就很难保持信用记录。要始终言而有信，不要为了自己的利益误导任何人。