作家成功的真正标准不在于获得的赞誉，而在于触动的心灵。
"The true measure of a writer's success is not in the accolades received, but in the hearts touched."
Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
饥饿了就想吃饭，寒冷了就想温暖，疲劳了就想休息，爱好利益而厌恶祸害，这是人生下来就具有的本性。
True innovation comes from questioning what we think we know.
"History is that certainty produced at the point where the imperfections of memory meet the inadequacies of documentation."
No arts; no letters; no society; and which is worst of all, continual fear, and danger of violent death; and the life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.
最好的投资是那些正在建设未来的人。
作家必须是一个愿意失败的人。
"I’m not playing for the records. I’m just trying to enjoy my tennis."