The novel is a protest against the irreversibility of time.

You have to figure out what your own aptitudes are. If you play games where other people have the aptitudes and you don’t, you’re going to lose. And that’s as close to certain as any prediction that you can make. You have to figure out where you’ve got an edge. And you’ve got to play within your own circle of competence.

当一件事情足够重要时，即便缺乏胜算，你也要去做。

领导力不是负责，而是关心你负责的人。

优化是在给定约束条件下做出最佳决策的艺术。

现代时代的问题是个人在面对社会机制的压倒性力量时的自我保存问题。

I don't need to be understood. I need to be authentic.

Marriage is the one subject on which all women agree and all men disagree.