If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough.

活着就是为了改变世界，难道还有其他原因吗？

There is no shortcut in science, only down-to-earth work.

The novel is the great art form of the inner life.

I want to liberate America from fear. I want people to be afraid of the things that are really scary, like war and famine, not their neighbor because he has a different religion.