衣莫若新,人莫若故。
晏子春秋
孔子说:“端木赐啊!你以为我是一个博学强记的人吗?”子贡答道:“是的,不是这样吗?”孔子说:“不是的,我是用一个基本道理把它们贯穿起来的。”
Will you wilt under criticism, or will you follow your convictions?
"I think the job of the novelist is to make the familiar strange and the strange familiar."
We always start from zero. There is no preconceived idea.