The novel is the art of making the private public, the personal universal.

What's terrible is to pretend that second-rate is first-rate. To pretend that you don't need love when you do; or you like your work when you know quite well you're capable of better.

Writing is a way of survival.

The most important thing in life is to be yourself. Unless you can be Batman, always be Batman.

真正的天才在不完整面前会颤抖——通常宁愿保持沉默，也不愿说一些不完全符合它应该说的话。

The integration of digital technology will reshape the energy landscape.

I don’t know how to explain it, but I feel like I was born to do this.

学习数学的唯一方法就是做数学。