作家不是在真空中造就的。作家是见证者。我们需要作家的原因是因为我们需要见证这个可怕的世纪。
The writer isn't made in a vacuum. Writers are witnesses. The reason we need writers is because we need witnesses to this terrifying century.
Every failure in the lab teaches you something valuable—if you're paying attention.
礼貌，并不需要花钱。用完马桶后，把马桶盖放下；上电梯时，耐心等别人出来再进去；把购物车放回指定区域；在借东西时，归还时要东西的状态要比你借的时候还要好（例如给车加满油、把物品清理干净）。
你最害怕写的东西，恰恰是你应该写的。
历史不仅仅是关于过去；它是关于过去如何塑造未来。
世界只存在于你的眼中。你可以让它变得很大，也可以让它变得很小。
Everyone has a secret world inside of them. All of the people of the world, I mean. Everybody. No matter how dull and boring they are on the outside, inside them they've all got unimaginable, magnificent, wonderful, stupid, amazing worlds. Not just one world. Hundreds of them.
没有人真正了解其他人。他所能做的最好的事情就是假设他们像他自己一样。
