I don't know if Mama was right or if it...it's Lieutenant Dan. I don't know... if we each have a... destiny... or if we're all just floating around accidental-like on a breeze... but I...I think... maybe it's both. Maybe both get happening at the same time.
我不知道是妈妈对，还是丹中尉对，我不知道，是否我们每个人都有，注定的命运，还是我们的生命中只有偶然，像在风中飘。但我想：也许两者都有吧，也许两者都在同时发生着。
我认为这是写作中最重要的单一事情：它使熟悉的事物变得陌生，使陌生的事物变得熟悉。
A writer’s duty is not to answer questions, but to ask them.
I don't believe in style. I believe in the process of thinking.
编写错误的程序要比理解正确的程序容易。
一个民族的文化是一组文本的集合，而这些文本本身也是集合，人类学家努力从这些文本的真正拥有者的肩膀上方去阅读它们。
我不是治愈者，我是杀手。
In editing, less is often more.
【译文】 孔子说：“我不是天生就有学问的，只是个喜欢读书、勤奋敏捷地追求知识的人。”