人们往往认为，现在的政客比过去的政客要糟糕得多。但我们往往忘记了过去的政客有多糟糕。
There's a tendency to think that our present politicians are much worse than we had in the past.But we tend to forget how awful our politicians were in the past.
"A writer's greatest challenge is to remain honest to the story and to the characters."
世界因你的榜样而改变，而不是因你的观点。
You have to be thick-skinned in this business.
人类的进步和胜利全靠发自内在的力量。
The novel is a mirror that reflects the complexities of human nature.