Separate the processes of creation from improving. You can’t write and edit, or sculpt and polish, or make and analyze at the same time. If you do, the editor stops the creator. While you invent, don’t select. While you sketch, don’t inspect. While you write the first draft, don’t reflect. At the start, the creator mind must be unleashed from judgement.
Editing is not just about cutting and joining scenes; it's about finding the rhythm and soul of the story.
我们对自己说的最大谎言是 "这不需要写下来,我能记住的"。(换言之:好脑子不如烂笔头。)
Iteration is the mother of invention.
The study of intelligence must integrate multiple disciplines.
Civilization is not inherited; it has to be learned and earned by each generation anew.
"To write is to bear witness to the human condition."