粮食是百姓生存的根本，没有粮食人就无法生存。三天不吃粮食，父子之间也难以互相照顾。

A story is not like a road to follow...it's more like a house. You go inside and stay there for a while, wandering back and forth and settling where you like and discovering how the room and corridors relate to each other, how the world outside is altered by being viewed from these windows.

黑洞不仅仅是破坏性的怪物，它们在塑造星系中起着关键作用。

写作就是抵抗——抵抗遗忘，抵抗沉默。

Prolonged contact with the computer turns mathematicians into clerks and vice versa.

每个故事都是一段旅程，而每段旅程都会改变讲故事的人。

When you innovate, you’ve got to be prepared for everyone telling you you’re nuts.

国际货币体系是将世界经济联系在一起的粘合剂。