The mind is a machine that can be understood through the principles of computation.

我想这就像泰坦尼克号。冰山是真的，但船只是一艘船。

书籍是展示我们是谁的镜子。

Innovation is taking two things that already exist and putting them together in a new way.

A writer is somebody for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.

"We are all patchwork, and so shapeless and diverse in composition that each bit, each moment, plays its own game."

Don’t be afraid to take risks—most great inventions come from bold experiments.