作为一个作家的巨大优势是你可以窥探别人。你在那里，听着每一个字，但你的一部分在观察。对作家来说，一切都是有用的，每一片碎片，甚至是最长最无聊的午餐会。
"The great advantage of being a writer is that you can spy on people. You're there, listening to every word, but part of you is observing. Everything is useful to a writer, every scrap, even the longest and most boring of luncheon parties."
The most profound discoveries in mathematics often come from the simplest observations.
"To write is to resist the silence of the world."
数算练习告诉我们算术运算的原理，而不是单单的记忆和不断演算。
I suspend judgment about everything.
我们最爱的故事是那些在我们读完很久之后仍陪伴着我们的故事。