作家的职责是扰乱平静,质疑不可质疑的,并揭示隐藏的。
"The writer's duty is to disturb the peace, to question the unquestionable, and to reveal the hidden."
每个词本身就是一个世界,一个意义的宇宙。
We have more than enough wealth and power for those who can enjoy simple pleasures.
"The truth is rarely pure and never simple."
每一项伟大突破最开始都是可笑的、荒谬的。事实上,如果它一开始不是可笑和荒谬的,就不是突破。
小说就像蜘蛛网,或许连接得很轻,但仍然在四个角落都与生活相连。
Motto for a research laboratory: What we work on today, others will first think of tomorrow.
没有什么比一个显而易见的事实更具欺骗性。