And if you take Warren Buffett and watched him with a time clock, I would say half of all the time he spends is sitting on his ass and reading. And a big chunk of the rest of the time is spent talking one on one either on the telephone or personally with highly gifted people whom he trusts and who trust him. In other words, it looks quite academic, all this worldly success.

"I just want to make people happy. That's all I ever wanted to do with music."

Music is supposed to inspire people.

宇宙不仅比我们想象的更奇怪，它比我们能想象的还要奇怪。

成为作家并不意味着宣扬真理，而是发现真理。

生命中最重要的事情往往无法用语言表达。

小说是最能捕捉人类复杂性的体裁。

心灵是将挑战转化为机会的系统。