市场比政府更能有效分配资源，但它并不能完美替代所有政府职能。

小说是一面镜子，反映了人类存在的复杂性。

我永远不会改变到让人认不出来。

So given a Time Turner, I would tell my 21-year-old self that personal happiness lies in knowing that life is not a check-list of acquisition or achievement. Your qualifications, your CV, are not your life, though you will meet many people of my age and older who confuse the two. Life is difficult, and complicated, and beyond anyone’s total control, and the humility to know that will enable you to survive its vicissitudes.

最好的电影是那些给观众留下问题而不是答案的电影。

我的作品存在于诗歌与政治之间的空间。

在小说领域，每个角色都是人类状况的反映，是我们自身复杂性和矛盾的镜子。