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 best way to predict the future is to create it.
"The ordinary becomes extraordinary when viewed through the right lens."
The ruling ideas of each age have ever been the ideas of its ruling class.
我不害怕表明立场。每个人都来握住我的手。我们将一起走过这条路，穿越风暴。无论天气如何，寒冷或温暖。只是想让你知道，你并不孤单。如果你觉得你也走过同样的路，就大声喊出来。
——赫尔曼·梅尔维尔
Happiness comes from within, not from material things.
When will you ever make me proud?