美国能源的下一章不会通过固守旧剧本而书写，而是由那些愿意重写剧本的人书写。

我认为最重要的事情就是对自己真实和诚实。

辅时：适应时势行事。违时：违背时势行事。当时：适时。圣人行事能够适应时势，不能违背时势。聪明人善于谋划，不如利用合适的时机。

我不相信灵感。我相信工作。

It always seems impossible until it's done.

"The first draft is just you telling yourself the story."

Not necessarily your mother, or indeed mine, but, as it were, the ideal mother, somebody who doesn't care about your achievements. Unfortunately, most people are not our mothers. Most people make a strict correlation between how much time, and if you like, love -- not romantic love, though that may be something -- but love in general, respect --they are willing to accord us, that will be strictly defined by our position in the social hierarchy.