這種想象力的第一個成果——以及體現(xiàn)它的社會科學(xué)的第一個教訓(xùn)——是個人只有將自己置于自己的時代中，才能理解自己的經(jīng)歷并衡量自己的命運，只有意識到自己處境中所有個體的機會，才能知道自己的生活機會。
The first fruit of this imagination - and the first lesson of the social science that embodies it - is the idea that the individual can understand his own experience and gauge his own fate only by locating himself within his period, that he can know his own chances in life only by becoming aware of those of all individuals in his circumstances.
"To write is to breathe, to live, to exist beyond the boundaries of time."
I have self-doubt. I have insecurity. I have fear of failure. I have nights when I show up at the arena and I’m like, “My back hurts, my feet hurt, my knees hurt. I don’t have it. I just want to chill.” We all have self-doubt. You don’t deny it, but you also don’t capitulate to it. You embrace it.
The world is a great play, and we are the actors.