我们钦佩的人的品质，如善良、慷慨、开放、诚实、理解和同情，在我们的系统中是失败的伴随物。而我们憎恶的那些特质，如精明、贪婪、占有欲、卑鄙、自我中心和自私，却是成功的特质。
The things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest, are the traits of success.
生存的绵延不是一个长度的问题，而是一个深度和密度的问题。
"The truth is rarely pure and never simple."
Diplomacy requires strategic and long-term thinking to achieve a country's long-term interests and security.
"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."
"Writing is a way of talking without being interrupted."
每个故事都是一个讲述真相的谎言。