The task of a writer consists in being able to make something out of an idea.

永远不要在亚洲陷入地面战争。

我不是那种会让我的动力下降的人。

Freedom is not merely the opportunity to do as one pleases; neither is it merely the opportunity to choose between set alternatives. Freedom is, first of all, the chance to formulate the available choices, to argue over them—and then, the opportunity to choose.

To be a writer is to be a perpetual outsider, always observing, never quite belonging.

最好的建筑既是谦逊的，又是英雄的。