Nowadays, particularly in the United States, if you meet someone at the bottom of society, they may unkindly be described as a "loser." There's a real difference between an unfortunate and a loser, and that shows 400 years of evolution in society and our belief in who is responsible for our lives. It's no longer the gods, it's us. We're in the driving seat.

最大的繁荣只能作为机构中人和机器最大生产力的结果而存在。

"True literature should disturb the comfortable and comfort the disturbed."

We are taught to be ashamed of confusion, anger, fear, and sadness, and to me, they are of equal value to happiness, excitement, and inspiration.

你给予的越多，得到的回报就越多。

I'm always hungry to learn and improve.

当你看上去与众不同时，所有人都会注意到你，但没人真正看见你。

I cannot and do not live in the world of discretion, not as a writer, anyway. I would prefer to, I assure you—it would make life easier. But discretion is, unfortunately, not for novelists.

Machinery and labor-saving devices are only valuable as they serve to reduce the cost of manufacture.

一项发明可能价值连城，但对发明者却毫无价值。

Patience is the secret ingredient in every successful bake.