The most successful modern states are those that have been able to harness the power of the market while maintaining a strong state that can provide public goods and regulate private activity.
最成功的现代国家是那些能够利用市场力量，同时保持一个能够提供公共产品和规范私人活动的强大国家的国家。
音乐是我的逃避。
It always seems impossible until it's done.
成为一个作家就是成为一个永远在寻找真相的人。
真正的无知不是知识的缺乏，而是拒绝获取知识。
The purpose of fiction is to take you out of your own life and make you aware of other lives.
"The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there."