"The most important thing in a book is the story. The illustrations are there to support and enhance the story, not to overshadow it."

事实是，如果你让我在赢得环法自行车赛和癌症之间做出选择，我会选择癌症。听起来很奇怪，我宁愿拥有癌症幸存者的头衔，也不愿成为环法冠军，因为它对我作为一个人、一个男人、一个丈夫、一个儿子和一个父亲的影响。

我是个无可救药的浪漫主义者。我喜欢爱情的概念，也喜欢恋爱。

I think that one should recognize the reality even when one doesn't like it; indeed, especially when one doesn't like it.

我们都在阴沟里，但仍有人仰望星空。

The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.

创新不仅仅是技术问题；它关乎改变思维方式和接受新的思考模式。

The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.