把这一句，留给此刻的你
I was sponsored when I was about seven by Burton Snowboards.
我七岁的时候，伯顿滑雪板公司赞助了我。
A LITTLE ENCOURAGEMENT
给此刻的你，一点向前的力量。
关于学习、善意与成长，读一句，再想一想。
If an animal does something, we call it instinct; if we do the same thing for the same reason, we call it intelligence.
如果动物做了什么，我们称之为本能;如果我们出于同样的原因做同样的事情，我们称之为智慧。
It is something that most parents hope for in life: That their children will be moderately successful, polite, decent human beings. Anything on top of that is something you have no right to hope for, but we all do.
这是大多数父母在生活中所希望的:他们的孩子将是适度成功、有礼貌、正派的人。除此之外，你没有权利对任何事情抱有希望，但我们都有。
The beautiful part of writing is that you don't have to get it right the first time, unlike, say, a brain surgeon. You can always do it better, find the exact word, the apt phrase, the leaping simile.
写作的美妙之处在于，你不必像脑外科医生那样，第一次就把事情做好。你总能做得更好，找到准确的词，恰当的短语，跳跃的比喻。