To be a writer is to be a watcher, a listener, a recorder.
译文：山间的溪水容易上涨和退却，小人的心思容易反反复复。赏析：君子胸怀坦荡，光明磊落，真诚待人，和君子相处，如沐春风，让人心旷神怡。而小人心胸狭窄，鸡肠鼠肚，睚眦必报，和小人交往，无异于和豺狼同行。
War is not a profession but an experience.
写作是一种理解世界的方式，一种在混乱中找到模式的方式。
The editor's job is to make the director's vision come alive.
You are only as young as the last time you changed your mind.
The challenge is not to represent Africa, but to present African complexities.
追求数学知识是一段永无止境的旅程。
The task of the writer is to confront the chaos of existence and to find some kind of order within it.