Every man has a right to his opinion, but no man has a right to be wrong in his facts.

整个科学不过是对日常思维的提炼。

大象才是行动的所在。骑手的存在是为了服务大象。

Literature is the memory of humanity, and without memory, humanity would be lost.

Is there any relief from some of thesepressures that I've been outlining? I think there is. I just want to turn to afew of them. Let's take meritocracy. This idea that everybody deserves to getwhere they get to, I think it's a crazy idea, completely crazy. I will support any politician of Left and Right, with any halfway-decent meritocratic idea; I am a meritocrat in that sense. But I think it's insane to believe that we will ever make a society that is genuinely meritocratic; it's an impossible dream.

作家必须有勇气面对真相，无论它有多么痛苦。

What I regret most in my life are failures of kindness.

I’m just a song and dance man.

Reality is not something we perceive, but something we create with our stories.

Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.

写作是一种不被干扰的说话方式。