The more personal a work is, the more universal it becomes.
作品越是个人化，就越具有普遍性。
"I see everything. That is my problem."
It's probably as unlikely that you would nowadays become as rich and famous as Bill Gates, as it was unlikely in the17th century that you would accede to the ranks of the French aristocracy. But the point is, it doesn't feel that way. It's made to feel, by magazines and other media outlets, that if you've got energy, a few bright ideas about technology, a garage -- you, too, could start a major thing.
"The desert is not just a place; it's a state of mind, a vast canvas for the imagination."
The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.