文学是耐心的艺术，无论对写的人还是读的人都是如此。

We are all cut from the same genetic cloth, and that cloth was woven in Africa.

And I went to talk to them about certain of the great tragedies of Western art. I wanted to see how they would seize the bare bones of certain stories, if they came in as a news item at the news desk on a Saturday afternoon.

最好的故事是那些让你感觉受到启发的故事。

凡事需多听但少言；聆听他人之意见，但保留自己之判断。

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