The profession of book writing makes horse racing seem like a solid, stable business.

在这个行业中，耐心不仅是一种美德 - 它是长期成功的必要条件。

I think it's merely the randomness of the winning and losing process that I want to stress, because the emphasis nowadays is so much on the justice of everything, and politicians always talk about justice. Now I'm a firm believer in justice, I just think that it's impossible. So we should do everything we can to pursue it, but we should always remember that whoever is facing us, whatever has happened in their lives, there will be a strong element of the haphazard. That's what I'm trying to leave room for; otherwise, it can get quite claustrophobic.

We must listen to the science—ignoring it will only lead to irreversible damage.

Art is the only way to run away without leaving home.

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.

The only thing we have to fear is the censor.