我相信小说家的职责是走进世界，带回关于人类状况的消息。
I believe that the job of the novelist is to go out into the world and to bring back news of the human condition.
独处之于精神，犹如节食之于身体。
伊卡洛斯的翅膀或许并不遥远。与其害怕失败的可能，我宁愿飞翔然后坠落。
"I don't run for money. I run for the love of the sport."
一个奇怪的事实是，在大西洋两岸发现了极其相似的动植物，但没有人对这一现象给出令人满意的解释。
"Every book is a journey, and every journey changes us."
一本好书的标准在于它能让读者感到不安的程度。
It is vain to talk of the interest of the community， without understanding what is the interest of the individual.
计算机科学中的真正挑战不是编写程序，而是理解计算的本质。