I don’t ask writers about their work habits. I really don’t care. Joyce Carol Oates says somewhere that when writers ask each other what time they start working and when they finish and how much time they take for lunch, they’re actually trying to find out, ‘Is he as crazy as I am?’ I don’t need that question answered.
我不问作家关于他们的工作习惯。我真的不在乎。乔伊斯·卡罗尔·欧茨在某个地方说过，当作家们互相询问他们什么时候开始工作，什么时候结束，以及午餐花多长时间时，他们实际上是在试图找出，“他和我一样疯狂吗？”我不需要这个问题的答案。
Man is the creator of his destiny, not its slave.
Every ton of ore we extract carries with it a responsibility to the future.
最好的皮革讲述着一个关于工艺、道德和时间的故事。
In mathematics, the art of proposing a question must be held of higher value than solving it.
过去不是阴影，而是鲜活的在场。
Much of what sophisticates loftily refer to as the "complexity of the real world” is in fact the inconsistency in their own minds.