The deep, personal material of the latter half of your life is your children. You can write about your parents when they're gone, but your children are still going to be here, and you're going to want them to come and visit you in the nursing home.

Learning is not a matter of trial and error, but of insight.

The success of liberal democracy depends on the ability of its institutions to adapt to changing circumstances.

小说的终极目标是创造一个比现实本身更真实的世界。

我们要做的不是跟随，而是引领。

Le temps est le seul capital des gens qui n'ont que leur intelligence pour fortune.

在你合适的年龄读到的故事永远不会完全离开你。你可能会忘记是谁写的或者故事叫什么名字。有时你会忘记具体发生了什么，但如果一个故事触动了你，它会留在你身边，萦绕在你脑海中很少访问的地方。