Don’t delude yourself into thinking something’s working when it’s not, or you’re gonna get fixated on a bad solution.
不要欺骗自己，认为某事正在工作，而实际上它并没有，否则你会固守一个糟糕的解决方案。
The rules of art are not arbitrary; they are founded in reason and in the nature of things.
不要对那些你已敞开心扉的人紧闭双唇。
"O escritor é um ser que vive à margem, observando o mundo com olhos críticos."
The stones we pull from the earth carry 400 million years of history—we're merely temporary stewards.
每个角色都应该想要点什么，哪怕只是一杯水。