You are allowed to be both a masterpiece and a work in progress simultaneously.
你被允许同时是一件杰作和一件正在进行中的作品。
【译文】一辈子不做不应该做的事，世界上就不会有痛恨自己的人了。
Respect your efforts, respect yourself. Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly under your belt, that's real power.
我是个失败的诗人。也许每个小说家最初都想写诗，发现自己做不到后尝试短篇小说——那是仅次于诗歌要求最高的形式。连这个也失败了，他才会转向长篇小说。
Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.
历史是由胜利者书写的，但艺术可以重写它。