The greatest crimes are not committed by people breaking the rules, but by people following the rules.

能正确指出我缺点的人，是我的好老师；能赞成又能鞭策我的人，是我的好朋友；谄媚又阿谀奉承我的人，是害我的贼寇。

A writer's life is a highly vulnerable, almost naked activity. We don't have to weep about that. The writer makes his choice and is stuck with it. But it is true to say that you are open to all the winds, some of them icy indeed. You are out on your own, out on a limb. You find no shelter, no protection — unless you lie — in which case of course you have constructed your own protection and, it could be argued, become a politician.

最好的投资是商业模式的持久性。