对认可的渴望，灵魂中的激情部分，是人的最政治部分。
The desire for recognition, the thymotic part of the soul, is the most political part of man.
The novel is a way of thinking, not just a way of telling a story.
The first lesson of economics is scarcity: There is never enough of anything to satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics.
In the act of writing, we confront our deepest fears and desires.
Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.