Art is a mirror held up to society, but it’s also a hammer with which to shape it.

下一次绿色革命必须既高效又对环境负责。

So why do I talk about the benefits of failure? Simply because failure meant a stripping away of the inessential. I stopped pretending to myself that I was anything other than what I was, and began to direct all my energy into finishing the only work that mattered to me.

Writing is like sex. First you do it for love, then you do it for your friends, and then you do it for money.

对于好的建议，唯一能做的就是传递它。它对自己从来没有任何用处。

The closer you are to death, the more alive you feel.