"You can’t just sit down and write a book. That’s not how books get written. Books get written by living your life, by being open to the world, by paying attention."

"We are all alone, born alone, die alone, and—in spite of True Romance magazines—we shall all someday look back on our lives and see that, in spite of our company, we were alone the whole way."

渔民的智慧与任何科学家的数据一样宝贵。

Every time I write a book, every time I face that blank page, I’m convinced that I can’t do it.

Measuring the immeasurable requires not just technology, but imagination.