It is in the thirties that we want friends. In the forties we know they won't save us any more than love did.

Talent isn’t genius. And No amount of energy can make it so. I want to be great or nothing.

The tyranny of the magistrate is not less formidable than that of the multitude.

我不是说唱歌手，我是一个天堂的传奇。

The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else in the universe to do.

The best decisions are made when data and human intuition work hand in hand.

如果你想拥有从未拥有的东西，就必须愿意做从未做过的事。

"Money talks, bullshit walks."

写作是一种信仰的行为——对语言、对读者、对故事本身的信仰。