语言是理解高级心理过程的关键。

The first time you share tea with a Balti, you are a stranger. The second time, you are an honored guest. The third time you become family.

I never write Metropolis for seven cents because I can get the same price for city. I never write policeman because I can get the same money for cop.

I'm not a role model. I'm a father, a husband, a son, a brother, a friend. I'm a human being. I make mistakes. I have flaws. I'm not perfect. But I try to be the best person I can be.

The rule of recognition exists as a social fact.

小说是一个伟大的发现：远比伽利略的望远镜或别人的无线电报更伟大。小说是人类迄今为止达到的最高表达形式。为什么？因为它是如此无法达到绝对。