I don’t ask writers about their work habits. I really don’t care. Joyce Carol Oates says somewhere that when writers ask each other what time they start working and when they finish and how much time they take for lunch, they’re actually trying to find out, ‘Is he as crazy as I am?’ I don’t need that question answered.
The creation of a modern state is a complex and difficult process that requires the development of strong institutions.
发现可能极限的唯一方法，就是超越它们进入不可能。
Patience is bitter， but its fruit is sweet.
The most advanced greenhouse is worthless without farmers who understand the rhythm of the plants.
The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.