The most important thing in leadership is to listen—really listen—to the people around you.

We are lonesome animals. We spend all our life trying to be less lonesome. One of our ancient methods is to tell a story begging the listener to say — and to feel — 'Yes, that's the way it is, or at least that's the way I feel it.'

The dead are not powerless. Dead, did I say? There is no death, only a change of worlds.

我不是赌徒。我不相信运气。我相信努力和准备。

每起谋杀都会留下两个受害者：死者和凶手。

别让他人看到你流血。

在一部好的推理小说中，读者应该在阅读过程中既感到娱乐又感到挑战。

我不需要任何人的认可，我知道自己的价值。