故事不在情节中；情节在故事中。
The story is not in the plot; the plot is in the story.
作家是国家的天然敌人，因为国家建立在谎言之上，而作家建立在真相之上。
Immediately pay what you owe to vendors， workers， contractors. They will go out of their way to work with you first next time.
The most powerful art is that which makes us uncomfortable, that forces us to confront what we'd rather ignore.
The hardest single part of building a software system is deciding precisely what to build.
Writing about crime is really writing about society's fractures and failings.