"When I write, I aim in my mind not toward New York but toward a vague spot a little to the east of Kansas."

天赋不是天才， 而且不是天才的人再怎么努力也成不了天才。要么就做一代名家要么干脆不做。

Anything truly novel is invented only during one’s youth， later one becomes more experienced more famous， and more blockheaded.