我为自己是黑人感到非常自豪，但黑人并不是我的全部。那是我的文化历史背景，我的基因构成，但它不是我全部的身份，也不是我回答每个问题的基础。

To write is to confront the abyss, to stare into the void and find meaning in the chaos.

We are survival machines – robot vehicles blindly programmed to preserve the selfish molecules known as genes.

True progress in agriculture measures success not just in yield, but in ecosystem health.

A good editor knows when to cut and when to hold.

Writing is a disease, and publishing is its symptom.