写作是一种治疗方式；有时我会想，那些不写作、不画画或不作曲的人是怎么应付的。他们在哪里找到解脱？

The poetry of architecture lies in its ability to move us without words.

如果自己道德高尚，就不会被外界不正的东西所迷惑。

作家的天赋是看到他人忽略的事物。

万物起源的奥秘对我们来说是无法解决的；而我必须满足于做一个不可知论者。

现象学还原不是对自然世界的否定，而是对其存在的判断的悬置。

语言是作家唯一的工具，然而它永远不够。

The genuine love for reading itself, when cultivated, is a super-power.

科学是现实的诗歌。

If you ask an economist what’s driven economic growth, it’s been major advances in things that mattered – the mechanization of farming, mass manufacturing, things like that. The problem is, our society is not organized around doing that.

Love yourself first, and everything else falls into line.