To be a background character is to be both invisible and essential.
成为背景角色，既意味着默默无闻，又不可或缺。
保持专注，保持谦逊，永远学习。
作家最大的挑战是保持对故事和角色的诚实。
There is, I believe, in every disposition a tendency to some particular evil, a natural defect, which not even the best education can overcome.
The best way to predict the future is to create it.
At a restaurant do you order what you know is great， or do you try something new？ Do you make what you know will sell or try something new？ Do you keep dating new folks or try to commit to someone you already met？ The optimal balance for exploring new things vs exploiting them once found is: 1/3. Spend 1/3 of your time on exploring and 2/3 time on deepening. It is harder to devote time to exploring as you age because it seems unproductive， but aim for 1/3.