There is no perfect knowledge which can be entitled ours, that is innate; none but what has been obtained from experience.

I don’t ask writers about their work habits. I really don’t care. Joyce Carol Oates says somewhere that when writers ask each other what time they start working and when they finish and how much time they take for lunch, they’re actually trying to find out, ‘Is he as crazy as I am?’ I don’t need that question answered.

如果你看到一个巨大的变革性机会，不要疑虑其他人为什么没有采取行动。你可能看到了他人没有看到的东西。问题越严峻，竞争就越有限，对问题解决者的回报就越大。