Old paint on canvas, as it ages, sometimes becomes transparent. When that happens it is possible, in some pictures, to see the original lines: a tree will show through a woman's dress, a child makes way for a dog, a large boat is no longer on an open sea. That is called pentimento because the painter 'repented,' changed his mind. Perhaps it would be as well to say that the old conception, replaced by a later choice, is a way of seeing and then seeing again.

The best leaders are those who listen, learn, and then lead.

最大的风险是不冒任何风险。在一个快速变化的世界里，唯一注定失败的策略就是不冒险。

小说是让不可能变得可信的艺术。

The best advice I’ve ever gotten is to stay humble and work hard.

"The only real progress lies in learning to be wrong all alone."

小说是一面沿着大路行走的镜子。