"The great advantage of being a writer is that you can spy on people. You're there, listening to every word, but part of you is observing. Everything is useful to a writer, every scrap, even the longest and most boring of luncheon parties."

"The writer’s task is to make the invisible visible."

Law is not a closed logical system, but a means of social control.

恐惧是人类如此强大的情感，以至于当我们允许它控制我们时，它会驱赶我们心中的同情。