作家的职责是讲述真相，无论多么痛苦。

The spread of liberal democracy around the world is not inevitable, but it is the most likely outcome of the historical process.

If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.

地狱中最黑暗的地方是为那些在道德危机时保持中立的人保留的。

We're all in this together, that's the message.

我喜欢创造一个非常受控且非常具体的世界。

人类是极其多样化的。一个将我们所有人都简化为同一类型的理论会错过我们生活中许多重要的东西，这并不奇怪。