True progress happens when we stop defending the status quo and start challenging it.
The greatest enemy you will ever face is your own human nature—your impatience, your fear, your need for validation.
作家的任务是使熟悉的事物变得陌生，使陌生的事物变得熟悉。
The idea that we will make a society where literally everybody is graded, the good at the top, bad at the bottom, exactly done as it should be, is impossible. There are simply too many random factors: accidents, accidents of birth, accidents of things dropping on people's heads, illnesses, etc. We will never get to grade them, never get to grade people as they should.
The biggest weapon on the court is your mind.