I’m a great believer in solving hard problems by using a checklist. You need to get all the likely and unlikely answers before you; otherwise it’s easy to miss something important.

——凯文·史密斯回忆与斯图尔特的合作经历。

写作是一种理解世界的方式。它是一种理解混乱的方式。

Writing is not just about telling stories; it's about uncovering the hidden layers of truth.

You can't just sit there and wait for people to give you that golden dream. You've got to get out there and make it happen for yourself.

In a way, I've got some bad news, particularly to anybody who's come to Oxford from abroad. There's a real problem with snobbery, because sometimes people from outside the U.K. imagine that snobbery is a distinctively U.K. phenomenon, fixated on country houses and titles. The bad news is that's not true. Snobbery is a global phenomenon; we area global organization, this is a global phenomenon. What is a snob? A snob is anybody who takes a small part of you, and uses that to come to a complete vision of who you are. That is snobbery.

The best stories are the ones that challenge you.