To be a writer is to be a thief of other people's lives.

心中没有成见则处事公平，心中没有自我则光明正大。

All violence consists in some people forcing others, under threat of suffering or death, to do what they do not want to do.

Those who do not have power over the story that dominates their lives, the power to retell it, rethink it, deconstruct it, joke about it, and change it as they change, truly are powerless, because they cannot think new thoughts.

改变令人不适，但停滞是致命的。

荒野是最伟大的老师。它不会给你答案，但它会告诉你如何找到答案。

At a restaurant do you order what you know is great， or do you try something new？ Do you make what you know will sell or try something new？ Do you keep dating new folks or try to commit to someone you already met？ The optimal balance for exploring new things vs exploiting them once found is: 1/3. Spend 1/3 of your time on exploring and 2/3 time on deepening. It is harder to devote time to exploring as you age because it seems unproductive， but aim for 1/3.