To be a writer is to be a thief of other people's lives.

You can have all the talent in the world, but if you don’t work hard, it won’t matter.

译文：严以律己是做人的根本，要想守住已成就的事业就要时刻记住创业时的艰辛。赏析：以责人之心责己，以恕己之心恕人，人生很多祸患就会减少。处处苛责别人而宽恕自己，是不能服众的，只会让双方的矛盾加深。人在富贵发达后，要有居安思危的意识，只有这样，才能永远保住辛苦创下的家业。

过去总是紧张的，未来是完美的。

"With a library you are free, not confined by temporary political climates. It is the most democratic of institutions because no one - but no one at all - can tell you what to read and when and how."