And that's a lot of the reason why we care so much about our careers and indeed start caring so much about material goods. You know, we're often told that we live in very materialistic times, that we're all greedy people. I don't think we are particularly materialistic. I think we live in a society which has simply pegged certain emotional rewards to the acquisition of material goods. It's not the material goods we want;
这就是为什么我们如此在乎事业和成就，以及看重金钱和物质的原因。我们时常被告知我们处在一个物质挂帅的时代，我们都是贪婪的人。我并不认为我们特别看重物质，而是活在一个物质能带来大量情感反馈的时代。
A good novel tells us the truth about its hero, but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author.
一本好小说告诉我们关于其主人公的真相，而一本坏小说告诉我们关于其作者的真相。
The details are not the details; they make the design.
The dream is free but the hustle is sold separately.
Innovation is not just about creating new drugs, but about transforming lives.
Because thought implies judgement, and because we are all paranoid enough to take judgement to be negative, it is constitutionally suspect in the bedroom.
Writing is a way of holding onto moments that would otherwise disappear.
在夜的寂静中，文字成为我们灵魂最响亮的回声。
The biggest room in the world is the room for improvement.