The key to progress is persistence and a willingness to challenge conventional wisdom.

"The great advantage of being a writer is that you can spy on people. You're there, listening to every word, but part of you is observing. Everything is useful to a writer, every scrap, even the longest and most boring of luncheon parties."

Writing is a form of resistance against forgetting.

我不是来当最好的，我是来当唯一的。

I don’t need too much. Glamour and all that stuff don’t excite me. I’m just glad I have the ability to make a difference.

The ideal of behaviorism is to eliminate coercion: to apply controls by changing the environment in such a way as to reinforce the kind of behavior that benefits everyone.

成功不是终点，失败也非末日，重要的是继续前进的勇气。

人类的自由在其选择中被限制。