I'm an occasional drinker, the kind of guy who goes out for a beer and wakes up in Singapore with a full beard.

历史是在记忆的不完美与文献的不足相遇时产生的确定性。

构建软件系统最困难的部分是准确决定要构建什么。

"A story is not a message with a plot wrapped around it, but a plot that may contain a message."

Every life contains its own mysteries, and the biographer must respect the unknowable.

"The characters in my books are often people who are struggling to find their place in the world."

The goal of education is not to increase the amount of knowledge but to create the possibilities for a child to invent and discover, to create men who are capable of doing new things.