写作是对时间侵蚀的抵抗。
To write is to resist the erosion of time.
真正的作家不是为了名声而写作，而是为了表达内心的真实。
Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.
"To be a spy is to live in a world of constant doubt and suspicion."
The structure of the international system, not the intentions of individual states, is the primary determinant of state behavior.