我是一个作家，而不是一个演说家。

The most important property of a program is whether it accomplishes the intention of its user.

A novel is a long answer to a question you can’t quite formulate.

The things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest, are the traits of success.