A lot of people think if you just had more process and more compliance- checks and double-checks and so forth-you could create a better world.We just try to operate in a seamless web of deserved trust and be careful of whom we trust.
很多人认为,如果有更多的程序和更多的合规性--检查和双重检查等等--就能创造一个更好的世界。我们只是试图在一个无缝的信任网络中运作,并谨慎对待我们所信任的人。
我不能也不愿生活在谨慎的世界里,至少作为作家不行。我向你保证,我宁愿如此——那样生活会更容易。但不幸的是,谨慎不适合小说家。
A covenant not to defend myself from force, by force, is always void.
I understand that you're unhappy with the life that you've been given. But you know what? Eventually, we all have to accept reality. So, here it is. I am a person. You are not. I make the decisions. You do not.