Is there any relief from some of thesepressures that I've been outlining? I think there is. I just want to turn to afew of them. Let's take meritocracy. This idea that everybody deserves to getwhere they get to, I think it's a crazy idea, completely crazy. I will support any politician of Left and Right, with any halfway-decent meritocratic idea; I am a meritocrat in that sense. But I think it's insane to believe that we will ever make a society that is genuinely meritocratic; it's an impossible dream.
有什么方法可以解决刚才提到的这些焦虑呢？是有的。我想提出几项，先说“功绩主义”，也就是相信每个人的地位忠实呈现他的能力，我认为这种想法太疯狂了，我可以支持所有相信这个想法的，无论是左倾还是右倾的政治家，我同样相信功绩主义，但我认为一个完全彻底以能力取决地位的社会，是个不可能的梦想。
作家的职责是讲述真相，即使它令人不适或不便。
如果一个人以他的财富为骄傲，那么要看他如何运用财富，才知道他是否应该被称赞。
Never let anyone else define your worth. You are the only one who can decide your value.
伤口是光进入你内心的地方。
Collaboration across borders is essential to solve the global challenges of food security and ocean health.
I don’t need to fit into anyone’s box. I’m comfortable in my own skin.
我们都对我们所创造的世界负有责任，因此我们必须共同努力去改变它。