人们可以非常聪明或拥有直接适用的技能，但如果他们不真正相信它，那么他们就不会真正努力工作。
People can be really smart or have skills that are directly applicable, but if they don't really believe in it, then they are not going to really work hard.
The world is full of signs, and the writer's job is to decipher them.
The joy of discovery is not in the recognition but in the knowledge that you’ve contributed something meaningful.
爵士乐教会我自由，但生活教会我灵魂。
译文：贫穷的人不用学俭朴，自会俭朴，卑贱的人不用学谦恭，自会谦恭。
Fiction allows us to tell truths that are too slippery for nonfiction.