戏剧之所以能生存下来，是因为它是你保证能找到活人共处一室的地方。
Theatre survives because it's the one place you're guaranteed to find living people in a room together.
成为作家就是成为生活的间谍。
A good algorithm is like a good story: it has a clear beginning, middle, and end.
The great secret that all old people share is that you really haven't changed in seventy or eighty years. Your body changes, but you don't change at all. And that, of course, causes great confusion.