我不会坐在这里说我是个榜样，因为我并没有试图成为榜样。

没有自然光的房间就不是房间。

对于忠告，你所能做的，就是把它奉送给别人，忠告从来就不是给自己准备的。

The best way to learn is to teach.

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 turn to the novel.

我们今天做出的每一个决定都会影响未来海洋的健康。

"Life on a lifeboat isn't much of a life. It is like an end game in chess, a game with few pieces. The elements couldn't be more simple, nor the stakes higher."