Failure gave me an inner security that I had never attained by passing examinations. Failure taught me things about myself that I could have learned no other way. I discovered that I had a strong will, and more discipline than I had suspected; I also found out that I had friends whose value was truly above the price of rubies.

唯有浅薄的人需要用数年挣脱一种情感。一个人当得了自己的主人，便可轻易终结哀伤，轻易制造快乐。

创新不仅仅是创造新事物；它是为了改变人们的生活。

The most important thing is to be honest in your writing.

写作是理解我们关系的一种方式。

"A novel is a mirror held up to the world."

现在王公大人从事于音乐,损害夺取人民的衣食之资,仅从命人听乐这一点来看就已经很厉害了。