认为世界上只有一种真理，而自己恰好掌握了它，在我看来这是世界上一切邪恶的最深根源。

The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference.

"The art of the novel is the art of being simultaneously inside and outside of things."

权力精英由那些其职位使他们能够超越普通男女的普通环境的人组成；他们处于能够做出具有重大后果的决策的位置。

True leadership is about empowering others to achieve their potential.