ESG considerations are becoming as important as financial metrics for energy companies.

我母亲是无神论者。她曾说，地狱是好事也是坏事。好就好在，地狱只是人类病态想象的产物；坏就坏在，人类想象什么，就会创造什么。

Truth is the highest good of man.

真相比小说更加荒诞，因为虚构是在一定逻辑下进行的，而现实往往毫无逻辑可言。

I'm not a person who believes in regrets. I believe in living in the moment and making the most of it.

I'm a failed poet. Maybe every novelist wants to write poetry first, finds he can't, and then tries the short story, which is the most demanding form after poetry. And, failing at that, only then does he take up novel writing.