剑鞘保护剑的锋利，自己却满足於它自己的迟钝。
作家必须成为四种人：疯子、偏执狂、文体家和批评家。
We are all obsessed with the idea of the frontier, but it's a frontier that keeps receding.
Great things never come from comfort zones.
Writing is making sense of life. You work your whole life and perhaps you've made sense of one small area.