I wanted to build something that was my own, something I could point to and say, I made that. It was the only way I saw to make life meaningful.

小说的力量在于它的不确定性。

I don’t like to be average. I like to be extraordinary.

人的状况...是一种每个人对每个人的战争状况。

There is no such thing as being “on time.” You are either late or you are early. Your choice.

当数据和人类直觉协同工作时，才能做出最佳决策。

The ultimate aim of the modern movement in biology is in fact to explain all biology in terms of physics and chemistry.

You can’t please everyone, so don’t try.