我是个失败的诗人。也许每个小说家最初都想写诗，发现自己做不到后尝试短篇小说——那是仅次于诗歌要求最高的形式。连这个也失败了，他才会转向长篇小说。

Probability theory is nothing but common sense reduced to calculation.

文章是用来阐明道理的。如果不能阐明道理，即使写得精巧也没有益处。

I don't design clothes, I design dreams.

The rocks may be hard, but our resolve must be harder.

Man will not merely endure: he will prevail.

The lightning that precedes the thunder is a common image of the warnings that come before calamity.

我的建筑永远是不完整的，因为完成意味着死亡。