The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.

企业家的功能是通过利用一项发明或更一般地说，通过利用一种未尝试的技术可能性来改革或彻底改变生产模式，以生产一种新商品或以新方式生产一种旧商品。

Writing is an act of resistance against oblivion.

我的作品纯粹是自传性的...它关于我自己和我的周围环境。