真理总是存在于简单之中，而不是存在于事物的多样性和混乱之中。
Truth is always to be found in simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things.
"I write about people who are desperate, who are on the edge, who have no other options."
金钱被高估了。真正新鲜的事物很少会需要很多钱。不然的话，百万富翁们应该早就垄断了对新事物的发明了，但他们并没有。相反，几乎所有的突破都来自那些缺钱的人，因为他们被迫不得不依靠自己的热情、坚持与才智，去找到新的方法。贫穷是创新上的优势。
His back’s as crooked as a politician.
The story of a poor man's life is written on his body, in a sharp pen.
The true subject of the novel is not the story, but the human soul.