She was my most special friend. My only friend.

你知道的越多，就越意识到你什么都不知道。

好的悬疑故事应该让读者一直猜测到最后，但所有线索都必须存在。

The act of writing is an act of faith.

我本质上不是一个政治人物。我不认为作家是，或者应该是政治人物。

你无法从那样的失去中恢复；你只能学会与之共存。

Architecture is the physical manifestation of cultural values over time.

I think it is often easier to make progress on mega-ambitious dreams. Since no one else is crazy enough to do it, you have little competition. In fact, there are so few people this crazy that I feel like I know them all by first name.

The most important tool in chemistry is not the flask or the spectrometer—it's the imagination.

最具挑战性的角色是那些迫使你面对自己恐惧和不安全感的角色。