"The challenge of biography isn't finding the facts - it's finding the meaning behind them."

If you're not failing every now and then, you're not doing anything very innovative.

keep fit and don't lose your nerve.

成为小说家就是要对别人不感兴趣的东西感兴趣。

竞争力是指公司在保持或提高平均水平的同时进行竞争的能力。为了提高竞争力去削减工资，并不是真正的竞争力提升。它只是提高了这些工人的技能和效率，因为这样他们才能维持之前的工资水平。

衡量一个人的标准是他如何使用权力。

Literature is the most subversive of all arts because it works in secret, in the reader’s mind.

You have to be willing to fail, to be wrong, to look foolish.

科学是对热情和迷信的强有力解药。