There is more than one kind of freedom... Freedom to and freedom from. In the days of anarchy, it was freedom to. Now you are being given freedom from. Don't underrate it.

Writing is the only way I have to explain my own life to myself.

Collaboration is key in scientific discovery; no one can do it alone.

总是提前计划。诺亚建方舟时并没有下雨。

获得智慧是一种道德责任，它不仅仅是为了让你们的生活变得更加美好。有一个相关的道理非常重要，那就是你们必须坚持终身学习。如果不终身学习，你们将不会取得很高的成就。光靠已有的知识，你们在生活中走不了多远。

Literature isn’t a moral beauty contest. Its power arises from the authority of a voice, not the purity of a soul.

I like dogs. You always know what a dog is thinking. It has four moods. Happy, sad, cross and concentrating. Also, dogs are faithful and they do not tell lies because they cannot talk.

沉默也是诗歌，是词语找到其真正意义的空间。