I have always been driven to buck the system, to innovate, to take things beyond where they've been.

写作有点像拉屎。如果太费力，那就有问题了。

The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one's self a fool; the truest heroism is to resist the doubt; and the profoundest wisdom, to know when it ought to be resisted, and when to be obeyed.

我认为我一生中从未感到无聊。总有事情可以思考。

化学不仅仅是在烧瓶中混合物质，它是在分子层面上理解世界。