Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.

I don't make nice little buildings. I don't like them.

"To be a writer is to sit down at one's desk in the chill portion of every day, and to write; not waiting for the little jet of the blue flame of genius to start from the breastbone--just writing."

Science is a collaborative symphony, not a solo performance.

The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.

心灵需要书本，就像一把剑需要磨刀石。

成功是一段旅程，而不是终点。