I cannot and do not live in the world of discretion, not as a writer, anyway. I would prefer to, I assure you—it would make life easier. But discretion is, unfortunately, not for novelists.

Free trade is the key to the prosperity of a nation.

我年纪越大，越发现先做重要的事情这一古老规则的智慧——这个过程通常可以把最复杂的人类问题简化为可以处理的规模。

有田不耕仓库就会空虚，有书不读子孙就会愚笨。