In the end, we are all just trying to survive.

技术的诀窍在于如此安排世界，以至于我们不必去体验它。

Success is relative: It is what we can make of the mess we have made of things.

I am interested in the way people lie to themselves, the stories they tell themselves to make life bearable.

When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen.

The best novels are those that manage to create autonomous worlds, worlds that function according to their own laws and logic.