Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.

I'm a failed poet. Maybe every novelist wants to write poetry first, finds he can't and then tries the short story which is the most demanding form after poetry. And failing at that, only then does he turn to the novel.

最好的报复就是继续前进，放下过去。

The only way to do great work is to love what you do.

出自北齐·颜之推《颜氏家训·勉学》。积累财富千万，也胜不过多读些书有用。古代有“书中自有黄金屋，书中自有颜如玉”的说法，读好书就能财源滚滚、美女满室。这句话意在强调读书以立世的重要意义。