面包师的手应该轻柔而自信，就像音乐家演奏乐器一样。

The hard part about writing a novel is finishing it.

我们都是自己幻想的受害者。

如果道歉夹带了借口，那就算不上是道歉。如果称赞夹带了要求，那就算不上是称赞。

I have to be alone very often. I'd be quite happy if I spent from Saturday night until Monday morning alone in my apartment. That is how I refuel.

Technology is anything that wasn't around when you were born.

Don't bend; don't water it down; don't try to make it logical; don't edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.

Persistence is more important than brilliance in scientific research.

Without freedom, there is no creation.

"The power of literature lies in its ability to reveal the hidden truths of our existence."