I'm a failed poet. Maybe every novelist wants to write poetry first, finds he can't and then tries the short story which is the most demanding form after poetry. And failing at that, only then does he turn to the novel.
我是个失败的诗人。也许每个小说家最初都想写诗,发现自己做不到后尝试短篇小说——那是仅次于诗歌要求最高的形式。连这个也失败了,他才会转向长篇小说。
在旧的世界里,你用30%的时间创建一种伟大的服务,用70%的时间来营销。在新的世界里,这个比例应该倒过来。
恐惧只是一道阴影。事实上,你比自己想象的要强大得多。
The world is a great sea, and we are the sailors.
No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.
我确信我爱我所做的事情,这就是这些年来支持我继续走下去的唯一理由。