最大的风险是不承担任何风险。在一个快速变化的世界里，唯一注定失败的策略就是不冒险。

keep fit and don't lose your nerve.

"I don't think of myself as a photorealist. I think of myself as a realist painter."

不肖：品行不好，不正派。观察他所交往的是些什么人，就能看出他是品德好的人还是不正派的人。

保持好奇心，保持对世界的好奇心。

写作是一种乐观的行为。

If we had paid no more attention to our plants than we have to our children, we would now be living in a jungle of weeds.